270 for moose hunting

I'm hearing constantly that 270 is to small and correct call for big boy is 30-06. Our well, I'm gonna try t3 270wsm this season
 
I had an ice cream pail 1/2 full of bullets recovered from game over the years, in total over 200 personal kills[and I've cut up way more game than that so I know what a bullet wound looks like] so forgive as I am now bored with the verbal baiting to try an incite an argument.This isn't my first rodeo....I will continue to use what has been proven to work and the rest of you can speculate away...the new people here will be learning so much.................ciao
 
For the record...........the only justification for poaching would be in a survival situation..........the ignore list expands.
 
hoytcanon said:
You can eat right up to the bullet hole... but the last 12" are desert...
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You must be using very frangible bullets. I agree with mbogo3. I have shot a half dozen Moose over the last six years with a Tikka T3 chambered in 6.5x55 with hand loads generating close to 60,000 psi which push the 140grn SSTIL bullets at close to 3000fps with a load of IMR7828. I wouldn't recommend this powder or the load I use in anything other than a modern/strong action. Maybe one of the later commercial 98s or small ring Mausers.

Like mbogo3, I have never recovered a bullet, even on shots close to 200 yards. Same goes for the 7x57 in a modern strong action. The premium bullets available today pretty much eliminate the damage you describe.

The differences between the .264 and .277 diameter bullets when it comes to performance on game animals is basically all in the mind of the shooter as long as velocities and bullet weights are equal. Just like comparing the .277 to the .308 bores. There are both advantages and disadvantages.

The long for weight bullets penetrate very well if constructed properly. I had to learn that lesson the hard way myself.

As I age and my shoulder has deteriorated to the point of needing a replacement rotator cuff I also appreciate the much lighter recoil. I used to be an exclusive 338 bore fan and I still sing its praises. I also used to berate the 7.62x39 for Moose/ELk/Bears but tell that to a lot of Russians that use it on a regular basis. The thing is to know your limitations as well as those of your equipment and live within them.

I recall a picture in my mind about a Moose hunt to Pink Mountain back in the early seventies. The rifle I had to use was an old Model 721 with a 1-14 twist rate that just barely stabilized 100grn flat base Cil round nose bullets over a charge of 3031 surplus powder. All of the fellows on that trip had modern rifles in the favored chamberings of the period. 7remmag, 340wby, 300wm and 308norma. They all offered to back me up when and if I got close enough to take a good shot. They weren't trying to put me down at all. They firmly believed my rifle/cartridge combo wasn't up to the job and didn't want me to feel left out.

We were there for a week. By the end of the third day my little 721 was the only rifle still operable. The minus 40c temps had rendered all of the other rifles useless in one manner or another. That little 257 Rob killed 5 Moose in two days. We used seven bullets all together. None of those fellows ever made disparaging comments again about such cartridges.
 
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bearhunter said:
You must be using very frangible bullets. I agree with mbogo3. I have shot a half dozen Moose over the last six years with a Tikka T3 chambered in 6.5x55 with hand loads generating close to 60,000 psi which push the 140grn SSTIL bullets at close to 3000fps with a load of IMR7828. I wouldn't recommend this powder or the load I use in anything other than a modern/strong action. Maybe one of the later commercial 98s or small ring Mausers.

Like mbogo3, I have never recovered a bullet, even on shots close to 200 yards. Same goes for the 7x57 in a modern strong action. The premium bullets available today pretty much eliminate the damage you describe.

The differences between the .264 and .277 diameter bullets when it comes to performance on game animals is basically all in the mind of the shooter as long as velocities and bullet weights are equal. Just like comparing the .277 to the .308 bores. There are both advantages and disadvantages.

The long for weight bullets penetrate very well if constructed properly. I had to learn that lesson the hard way myself.

As I age and my shoulder has deteriorated to the point of needing a replacement rotator cuff I also appreciate the much lighter recoil. I used to be an exclusive 338 bore fan and I still sing its praises. I also used to berate the 7.62x39 for Moose/ELk/Bears but tell that to a lot of Russians that use it on a regular basis. The thing is to know your limitations as well as those of your equipment and live within them.

I recall a picture in my mind about a Moose hunt to Pink Mountain back in the early seventies. The rifle I had to use was an old Model 721 with a 1-14 twist rate that just barely stabilized 100grn flat base Cil round nose bullets over a charge of 3031 surplus powder. All of the fellows on that trip had modern rifles in the favored chamberings of the period. 7remmag, 340wby, 300wm and 308norma. They all offered to back me up when and if I got close enough to take a good shot. They weren't trying to put me down at all. They firmly believed my rifle/cartridge combo wasn't up to the job and didn't want me to feel left out.

We were there for a week. By the end of the third day my little 721 was the only rifle still operable. The minus 40c temps had rendered all of the other rifles useless in one manner or another. That little 257 Rob killed 5 Moose in two days. We used seven bullets all together. None of those fellows ever made disparaging comments again about such cartridges.
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That's alot of words... only got through the first sentence... guess you missed the "humour..."
 
140 grain Accubond was a easy peasy pass thru on an 800 lb bull @ 150 yds, The old 130 hand loaded Winchester fail safes also passed thru the swamp donkey @ 250 yds
I'd never NOT go after moose with a lowly 270. ;)
 
270 is not my chambering of choice, and I tease my buddy relentlessly about him moose hunting with a 270 :nest:, but every year he goes up north, a dead moose follows him back south at the end of the hunt. Like others with more wisdom and experience have already said before me, but a good bullet in a good place and you will eat moose for a long time. Good luck!
 
SuperCub said:
Would be my first choice. I think Nosler makes a 160gr as well.
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Yupp. They are a round nose though, the BCs are worse than the 150s. Probably irrelevant within 300yds, but between the slower starting velocity and faster deceleration, the 150 is my choice. If a 150 part won't do it, then I want more gun lol
 
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