.308 hmmm,

At what range would you take a moose with a .308 you are competent with

  • 100 yrds and less

    Votes: 40 5.1%

  • 200 yrds and less

    Votes: 222 28.1%

  • 300 yrds and less

    Votes: 315 39.9%

  • 400 yrds and less

    Votes: 213 27.0%
  • Total voters
    790
Gatehouse said:
Sounds like it's time for some expansion tests using Accubond bullets @ 1800 fps:dancingbanana:
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If you can do this with whatever cal your testing I figured your already set up so...

Tell you what I'm coming up your way in the next couple of weeks I can bring a few up...
 
Just how much jam does a 308 have left at 400 yards anyway .i donot have any load data but i would thing it has to be running a litte lo at 400 yards to do a moose cleanly dutch
 
Moose eh? Well I don't reload so I would use factory ammo just like I would for a deer.
180Gr. Remington Core Lokt Ultra Bonded out to 300 yards still has enough snap to make the bullet work as it should, 2000+fps and 1600Ft/Lbs. I think 1500 Ft/Lbs and an accurate hit is needed for a clean kill on an animal that size. Just my $0.02

Then, for the Armor plated Moose at 600+ yards I would use a 50BMG. ;)
 
Trouble is with all these figures and mathematical equations thrown around, is something I have heard all my life. Animals can't read and don't know a thing about it.
 
sheephunter said:
You might want to read it again and you'll realize how foolish your comment is. I'll simplify things for you. If your crosshairs aren't on hair and your bullet isn't going to end up where your crosshairs are, you shouldn't pull the trigger.With ballistic reticle and turret scopes there is a whole range of distances you can shoot at with crosshairs on hair out of the same gun with the same scope...wow!:eek::eek:

Oh well, one more for the list......
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So, for a guy like me that has "old technology optics", or one that doesn't have optic companies sponsoring him, I guess we are stuck shooting at animals at 250 yrds and less. Even if you know your gun very well. :jerkit: I guess I should have let that moose at 330 yds go this past season, instead of taking both his lungs out with an un-ethical shot.
That horse your riding is getting mighty high there, Humper or Turd Jammer or what ever you go by these days.
 
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The issue was can a competent shooter take a moose at 400 yards with a 308.

I think we all would agree that a competent shooter can do this with the 308.

Are there "better" cartridges? Well, we are into 26 plus pages at this point, so the answer to that question is obvious.

Should the "average" hunter take a 400 yard shot at a moose using a 308? Probably not out of respect for the game.
 
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Camp Cook said:
Unfortunately many average hunters/shots will read a thread like this and start thinking that they can also do it resulting in a wounded animal... :mad:
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Or maybe they get their eyes opened a bit and start to learn about shooting at longer distances, and get out an practice. That's how I got interested in shooting longer distances- I read about it on the intraweb, and discovered that shooting past 300 yards WASN'T just the realm of bench rest shooters, so I went out with milk jugs of water to shoot them at 350 then 400 yards and finally got a gong last year which I have been shooting to 500 yards.

In the end, the "average" shooter may learn to be a much more competent shot, because a thread on the intraweb about shooting a moose at 400 yards piqued his interest enough that he started to practice more...
 
Camp Cook said:
Problem is most don't...
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In order for you to make such a statement you must know an awful lot of hunters who wound animals with .308's at 400 yrds.

I think you meant, you might know of a few hunters who might not be capable of such shots, and perhaps a few of fooled up such shots.

The same as I know a few hunters who think "more rifle compensates for less skill".

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I not only know hunters that shouldn't take these shots I also know lots of hunters that know hunters that shouldn't take these shots...
 
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