270 is it to small for moose.
- Thread starter Amelio
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There was a time when the .270 was the only rifle
I owned and I used it for everything, moose included. I don't remember losing a single animal
With the cartridge, and am struggling to remember an animal
taken with anything other than a 130. Well hit animals tend to
die in a satisfactory manner.
Most big game animals aren't very big, or very far away or particularly tough. There is an enormous block
of Cartridges that aren't really all that different from
each other, most of what we use would fit in the "light" category on an international scale. You
Often have to take things to extremes to see any difference at all.
I owned and I used it for everything, moose included. I don't remember losing a single animal
With the cartridge, and am struggling to remember an animal
taken with anything other than a 130. Well hit animals tend to
die in a satisfactory manner.
Most big game animals aren't very big, or very far away or particularly tough. There is an enormous block
of Cartridges that aren't really all that different from
each other, most of what we use would fit in the "light" category on an international scale. You
Often have to take things to extremes to see any difference at all.
Sask_Hunter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Saskatchewan
It's not too small for moose. This one took 2 150gr nosler but was dead on his feet, they don't come much bigger then this.
My dad shot a moose at 130 yards with a 270win and it went through both rib cages a lung and the heart. The moose died instantly, my dad then said it wasn't enough gun and bought a 300 win mag... I don't know what to say, it killed a animal over 1000lbs from over 100 yards away instantly, and he decided he need a bigger gun... I think he just wanted a new bolt action and had to use some backwards logic to justify it but that's all I got to say. I'd use my 270 weatherby on anything in NA other then grizz and buffalo but that's more a preference not saying it couldn't and that's not a big difference from 270 win.
CreamySmooth
CGN frequent flyer
We'll I use a 6.5 and it works on moose and elk... that being said a 6.5 is ###y. A .270 is like granny panties.... 
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
.270 is a perfect Moose cartridge, Ted (Why Not?) has mentioned on here several times it's one of the most effective chamberings on Yukon Moose he's seen in use, and he's seen a few Moose go down.
I typically take moose with a 7x57 or .308, and the odd one with a .375 H&H, there wasn't a lick of difference between any of the three rounds. A .270 might even kill a tad quicker than the 7x57, .308, or .375... unless we're talking screaming 235s in the .375. It's true speed kills, but so does slow and steady, the difference I'm starting to see is "Speed kills faster." .270's in the speedy realm.
I typically take moose with a 7x57 or .308, and the odd one with a .375 H&H, there wasn't a lick of difference between any of the three rounds. A .270 might even kill a tad quicker than the 7x57, .308, or .375... unless we're talking screaming 235s in the .375. It's true speed kills, but so does slow and steady, the difference I'm starting to see is "Speed kills faster." .270's in the speedy realm.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
We'll I use a 6.5 and it works on moose and elk... that being said a 6.5 is ###y. A .270 is like granny panties....
Well then she's a GILF.
Of course a 270 is too small for shooting moose..........JJJJEEEEEEEEZZZZZZEEEEE............Haven't you ever read anything by Elmer Keith? It's barely adequate for island deer and maybe coyotes...........
What you need is a 340 Weatherby !!!!!!!
What you need is a 340 Weatherby !!!!!!!
