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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1811785" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I've never shot a coues deer with the Partition, but I have shot a few antelope with the 180-grain 30 caliber. All expanded well enough, and the animals all dropped on the spot. One actually had a piece of its liver blown right out of its body, and we found it hanging behind the buck on a tall sagebrush. The exit wound didn't look anywhere near big enough for this chunk of liver to come through, but there it was.</p><p></p><p>The couple of coues deer that I have shot were about the same size & build as a buck antelope, or maybe just a bit smaller. I think the bone structure may be a bit lighter on the deer. I shot one with a 30-06 Ackley and the 180-grain A-Frame, which expanded quite well. The other was shot with the outfitter's rifle, and his load was the 168-grain Sierra Match King in a 300 Weatherby. I shot the buck at 410 yards, and the bullet made a pretty small hole in the deer - the exit wound looked just like the entry. Lungs were not badly scrambled - just a hole all the way through. I was expecting lung soup, but such was not the case. The deer dropped on the spot, though, so I guess that a small hole was big enough.</p><p></p><p>Your 130-grain 270's may be a bit too stiff for these little deer. I've shot a bunch of smallish whitetails in the northeast with Partitions, and all have shown good expansion. Lighter 30-caliber partitions ( 150-grain ) have only exited about 50% of the time, while the 180's have always passed all the way through these animals. Exit wounds have been around the size of a nickel, unless the bullet hit the shoulder on the way out. That's about all I know about that, Sir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1811785, member: 109113"] I've never shot a coues deer with the Partition, but I have shot a few antelope with the 180-grain 30 caliber. All expanded well enough, and the animals all dropped on the spot. One actually had a piece of its liver blown right out of its body, and we found it hanging behind the buck on a tall sagebrush. The exit wound didn't look anywhere near big enough for this chunk of liver to come through, but there it was. The couple of coues deer that I have shot were about the same size & build as a buck antelope, or maybe just a bit smaller. I think the bone structure may be a bit lighter on the deer. I shot one with a 30-06 Ackley and the 180-grain A-Frame, which expanded quite well. The other was shot with the outfitter's rifle, and his load was the 168-grain Sierra Match King in a 300 Weatherby. I shot the buck at 410 yards, and the bullet made a pretty small hole in the deer - the exit wound looked just like the entry. Lungs were not badly scrambled - just a hole all the way through. I was expecting lung soup, but such was not the case. The deer dropped on the spot, though, so I guess that a small hole was big enough. Your 130-grain 270's may be a bit too stiff for these little deer. I've shot a bunch of smallish whitetails in the northeast with Partitions, and all have shown good expansion. Lighter 30-caliber partitions ( 150-grain ) have only exited about 50% of the time, while the 180's have always passed all the way through these animals. Exit wounds have been around the size of a nickel, unless the bullet hit the shoulder on the way out. That's about all I know about that, Sir. [/QUOTE]
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