The 222 Rem for moose?

.22 centrefire calibers are way too much gun for moose, elk, and grizzly bears...I think the OP should stalk them, get to within a few yards of them, and shoot them with a sub 500 FPS .177 air rifle. If he eventually comes to the point where he doesn't find that challenging enough, he can hunt them with a couple of darts he pulls out of the dart board. :)
 
Thank God the internet did not exist back in 1906.....eh?

Just imagine this little scenario - Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell posts on Canadian Gunnutz........ "I say chaps - I want to take this .275 Rigby (7mm) to Africa and pot a couple of elephants...


Every big game hunter starts wheezing (a bit like the discussion above) - what do you think old "Karamojo" would have done - Knocked over a 1000? Or gone to EE looking for a magdumb?
 
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Last time I shot a moose with a .222, it took a few steps and dropped. The only other thing that kills moose deader is The New King. :)

Hope that helps your research, Ted. ;)
 
pisces-guy said:
.22 centrefire calibers are way too much gun for moose, elk, and grizzly bears...I think the OP should stalk them, get to within a few yards of them, and shoot them with a sub 500 FPS .177 air rifle. If he eventually comes to the point where he doesn't find that challenging enough, he can hunt them with a couple of darts he pulls out of the dart board. :)
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Naw, a .177 works fine on hogs at 1600 fps. but for big-ass critters, tis best to up the boolit weight.;)
http://www.bigboreairguns.com/07bisonhunt.htm
 
Kudu said:
Thank God the internet did not exist back in 1906.....eh?

Just imagine this little scenario - Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell posts on Canadian Gunnutz........ "I say chaps - I want to take this .275 Rigby (7mm) to Africa and pot a couple of elephants...


Every big game hunter starts wheezing (a bit like the discussion above) - what do you think old "Karamojo" would have done - Knocked over a 1000? Or gone to EE looking for a magdumb?
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I'm not sure that modern sport hunting is analogous with what the old ivory hunters did. The alure
today is confronting a bull and taking him down with a frontal brain shot. There is no way the old timers would have intentionally put themselves in such jeopardy, there was no benefit to them. Ivory was money, and one doesn't go to work to intentionally risk injury or death.
 
Boomer said:
I'm not sure that modern sport hunting is analogous with what the old ivory hunters did. The alure
today is confronting a bull and taking him down with a frontal brain shot. There is no way the old timers would have intentionally put themselves in such jeopardy, there was no benefit to them. Ivory was money, and one doesn't go to work to intentionally risk injury or death.
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Well put.:)
 
I can tell you first hand TJW, standing 18 mtrs in front of 6 tons of bull elephant and bashing him just above and between the eyes is a whole lot of fun and excitement...................
 
c-fbmi said:
I can tell you first hand TJW, standing 18 mtrs in front of 6 tons of bull elephant and bashing him just above and between the eyes is a whole lot of fun and excitement...................
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No sh*t....

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