I just got back from an antelope hunt with my little boy. This was my first antelope and my first gun kill since i was 13 years old (I've been bowhunting for 20+years) Earlier this year I purchased a slightly used .270 WSM Savage 16. I've been shooting 130gr Winchester Ballistic Silvertips out of it, and been very pleased with the accuracy of them. We shot a doe on Sunday morning; she was probably 75 yards out or so, and the meat damage seemed very excessive. She was quartering slightly forward, and the bullet just devastated her shoulder, and pulled a good portion of her internal organs out the exit hole.
Are there better choices of factory ammo that might not cause so much damage but still put them down? I bought this gun mainly as a meat getting tool to fill the freezer. We have abundant cow/doe antelope, deer, and elk tags available for rifle so I purchased this gun thinking it would be a good all around choice. (and it was a good price)