270 for moose hunting

I've seen many moose killed with a wide variety of .270 projectiles, most of them cup and core 150 grain bullets. I'd go with the most accurate load. Worst case scenario you have to be selective with shot placement.
 
On a perfect broadside lung shot it won't matter... but I am still a believer in matching the bullet mass to the quarry's mass...

In general for a 270;

CPX1 = whatever the frig you want...
CPX2 = 130 grain
CPX3 = 150 grain

Bullet construction of course can "make or break" depending on circumstances.
 
Nosler partitions do an excellent job however, I'm not a fan of .270 for moose. It will do the job but not as good as .300 win mag or .300wsm. In any event aim up the inside of the front leg, half way up the body.... bang. Moose will not go farther than a few feet before retiring
 
270 Win and 130 partitions are good for me. I only use partitions now except in the 30-30 and 32 special. When I get dies that will change.
 
I was going to comment that either the 270gr or 250gr would be ideal bullets for moose...then I realized you guys were talking about a caliber, not a weight...never mind. :)
 
I thought it was a well known fact a moose can't be killed with anything less than Magnum cartridge. Use the heaviest bullet weight in a minimum of a .30 caliber Magnum... you can shoot it in the foot and it will fall over dead... Bigger cartridges as the .340 Weatherby are even better... serious moose killers use the .700 Nitro.
 
ronecol said:
Nosler partitions do an excellent job however, I'm not a fan of .270 for moose. It will do the job but not as good as .300 win mag or .300wsm. In any event aim up the inside of the front leg, half way up the body.... bang. Moose will not go farther than a few feet before retiring
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Dead is dead because I have never seen to dead or not dead enough so a 270 and 300 are equal.
 
Moose are big but not that hard to kill. My old man kept the freezer pretty full with his .243 when I was growing up.
 
Slooshark1 said:
I have shot them with 150 partitions. They died.
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I have too, and they died quick! The 150 Partition has killed a pile of really big game up here.

The second biggest moose I ever killed was so far away I am embarrassed to tell the story. It was 700 long paces in the snow, probably 600 yards, but there was only three days left in the season, and we needed a moose. I had brought that old Husqvarna Model 5000 with me from Ontario, where I had shot many hundreds of rounds using it hunting groundhogs, coyotes and wolves.

Always using the same load, a 130 gr Silvertip ahead of 62 gr of the old surplus H4831 powder and a magnum primer, I was very familiar with the rifle and the trajectory. That day, Oct 28th, 1972, it was -28F, and one shot with the same load was all it took.

Witnessed by three guys who were all hungry for fresh meat, needless to say I was their best friend that cold morning.



Not quite 70 inches, this was the last trip down the mountain the next day.
Ted
 
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