Back in September, I received a Thompson/Center Venture in .270 caliber. Anyone who knows me understands that I appreciate a nicely-grained walnut stock, so this gun was a bit off-putting with its black plastic furnishings. It was all solid, and the grip panels were effective, if not elegant.
But that's about the only quibble I can make with this firearm.T/C raves about their 1 MOA accuracy out of the box, which I assumed was a bit of puffery from the marketing department. I was wrong. Fitted with Nikon ProStaff glass, this is the most accurate deer gun I have in my safe. The 12-point drop-tined buck that I took dropped in his tracks at 150 yards, and the doe my son shot never knew what hit her. And at an MSRP of around $500, it's a gun (American made, no less) that's within almost any hunter's reach. I know I'll be reaching for this gun again next fall.
I don't entirely understand it, but Hornady claims they achieve a muzzle velocity that's 100 or 200 fps greater than a conventional load. And man, is it hard hitting. Jack's doe had a fist-sized hole where her heart used to be. No one - me, Jack, or the rest of the guys in deer camp -- had seen a deer hit that hard.
And best of all, it's not a hard-shooting load. I was a bit apprehensive about letting my son use a .270 on his first deer, especially with these hot loads. But there truly was no appreciable difference in recoil between the Superformance and a conventional load.
It's a deadly combo -- and one that's given us a full-to-the-brim deep freeze this winter.
that's a very nice deer.
ReplyDeleteI love a drop tine, SW.
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