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Thanks Andy.270 Winchester is a excellent round for antelope...and many other things as well.
My last antelope was taken with a .54 round ball propelled by black powder...so one could say that I have liking for older firearms and or cartridges.
A heavy .223 / 5.56 should also work fine.
( Note I have not hunted antelope with this cartridge )
I would suggest thinking about the terrain and method in which you are to hunt in....Which rifle is better suited for that....?
Andy
where the heck are you hunting goats to have a hundred on the ground? can't seem to get a tag here in Oregon.57 years of chasin' 'em. Over a hundred on the ground, with everything from bow and arrow to .45-70.
If ever there was a cartridge born and bred for Pronghorn it'd be the .25-06 (Or a twenty seven caliber of the same parentage).
Your .270 will make you proud, and it serves as my "business rifle" for that job: a contender for the title, "Old Reliable".
Anyone claiming a .270 Winchester would be a "limiting" factor, has never hunted Pronghorn, and probably never hunted anything with a .270.
Anyone claiming "long shots" (500yds or so) are the norm for this species is a piss-poor goat hunter. (Even if true, the .270 can shine in that arena if the hunter has learned his gun.)
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"Of all kinds of hunting, the chase of the Antelope is pre-eminently that requiring skill in the use of the rifle."
Theodore Roosevelt
270 is a great choice! I still shoot a 270 for elk, people in my party make fun of me and say I need the almighty 30 nosler. This year the guy with the 30 nosler hit and lost a bull. Still yet to loose one with the ol trusty 27057 years of chasin' 'em. Over a hundred on the ground, with everything from bow and arrow to .45-70.
If ever there was a cartridge born and bred for Pronghorn it'd be the .25-06 (Or a twenty seven caliber of the same parentage).
Your .270 will make you proud, and it serves as my "business rifle" for that job: a contender for the title, "Old Reliable".
Anyone claiming a .270 Winchester would be a "limiting" factor, has never hunted Pronghorn, and probably never hunted anything with a .270.
Anyone claiming "long shots" (500yds or so) are the norm for this species is a piss-poor goat hunter. (Even if true, the .270 can shine in that arena if the hunter has learned his gun.)
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"Of all kinds of hunting, the chase of the Antelope is pre-eminently that requiring skill in the use of the rifle."
Theodore Roosevelt
I shoot TTSX 130's in the 270. That bullet could ruin a lot of meat if wasn't properly placed.The one in my avatar was taken at a bit over 300 yards with a .243 Win packing a hand load with a Speer 90 gr Deep Curl bullet. I would use the .270 Win. with a 130 gr bullet before considering a heavy bullet in 5.56 AR.
In Colorado we lived out on the plains and it was lousy with pronghorn sometimes they would just run alongside the truck as if to race !where the heck are you hunting goats to have a hundred on the ground? can't seem to get a tag here in Oregon.
I would go with the 270.I think three of us should get tags this year. We each have 16 or 17 points IIRC. I've never hunted Antelope and am wondering which rifle to use. Remington KS 270 or should I use an AR with a heavy bullet?