270 is it to small for moose.

StoneHorse said:
The above is one outfitter's opinion.

Then I read this from the Alaska Department Fish & Game.

"Most experienced guides prefer that a hunter come to camp with a .270 or .30-06 rifle they can shoot well rather than a shiny new magnum that has been fired just enough to get sighted-in. If you are going to hunt brown bear on the Alaska Peninsula or Kodiak Island, a .30-06 loaded with 200- or 220-grain Nosler® or similar premium bullet will do the job with good shot placement. Only consider using a .300, .338 or larger magnum if you can shoot it as well as you can the .30-06."

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.firearms
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And that's the gist of it. Most folks can't shoot a .340 Weatherby or .300 Ultra like a .270, some dedicated souls can and yes it's going to be better than a .270 as it's the same speeds with more bullet. But for the vast majority they are better served with a .270, and as a cartridge its speed delivers admirable bang-flop effectiveness compared to many of its similarly case volumed brethren.

Slamfire said:
"...Never go moose hunting undergunned. The massive bulk of a bull requires a potent, heavy-caliber rifle and a large diameter, well-constructed bullet. Don't get caught up in the tales of trappers and natives who have been taking moose all their lives with a .30/30....For most moose hunting, especially when combined with hunting other species, the minimum rifle-cartridge combination should be the .30/06 or its equivalent...."
http://www.nasportsman.com/journal/moose_rifle.shtml
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Oh goodness... most of the guys writing that crap have shot a couple moose, on guided hunts, and suddenly can tell you the .30-30 stories are absurd.
 
Slamfire said:
"...Never go moose hunting undergunned. The massive bulk of a bull requires a potent, heavy-caliber rifle and a large diameter, well-constructed bullet. Don't get caught up in the tales of trappers and natives who have been taking moose all their lives with a .30/30....For most moose hunting, especially when combined with hunting other species, the minimum rifle-cartridge combination should be the .30/06 or its equivalent...."
http://www.nasportsman.com/journal/moose_rifle.shtml
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Humm.......funny the the lowly 30/30 has worked well for the last 122 years. But having said that, these people are not in the bush for a just few day in the year and they are hunters, not shooters. They get in close. HBS sold much more 30/30 150gr than 170gr, why? Because the 150's were less money. I personally would not use 30/30 on a moose hunt because I want something with more reach and down range punch. Cartridges like the .270 Win, 280 Rem (7mm Express), 284 Win or the 30/06. Anyone trying to make a big case (no pun intended) of one over the other for moose is beating a pretty dead horse, IMHO.
 
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Use the biggest caliber you're proficient with, it's never a mistake regardless of the quarry. The only thing you may lose is the "internet prize" for using a caliber that invokes a debate, which is a hell of a lot better than losing an animal.
 
bearkilr said:
Use the biggest caliber you're proficient with, it's never a mistake regardless of the quarry. The only thing you may lose is the "internet prize" for using a caliber that invokes a debate, which is a hell of a lot better than losing an animal.
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X2... I don't get the internet's race to the bottom.
 
.270 is practically a magnum compared to the .303 british/30-30

I've never hunted moose but those sure seem to be popular rounds in Northern BC.

If you can only get a tag for spike moose anyways doesn't it eliminate the chance of running into some monster and feeling undergunned?
 
Dorian Gray said:
More wolves than there are replies to this thread:http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1458202-Why-people-hate-wolves

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Admittedly I'm gonna need pics to believe that. I spend about seven months, make that closer to eight, a year full time in the bush with wolf tags and am lucky to tag out at three in a year.

How many wolves can you take per season where you're hunting? I've put down many wolves trapping but that's not a .270 job, your tales have me intrigued.
 
Ardent said:
Admittedly I'm gonna need pics to believe that. I spend about seven months, make that closer to eight, a year full time in the bush with wolf tags and am lucky to tag out at three in a year.

How many wolves can you take per season where you're hunting? I've put down many wolves trapping but that's not a .270 job, your tales have me intrigued.
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....It's a joke Angus....I'm tring to remind folks who seem exasperated that this question is even being asked to remember who the OP is and the threads that he's started in the past and you're killing it for me here by being all serious and stuff....
 
LOL... 5/10.

I think that's the best that can be done a troll that mentions any of - .270 or .280 (in any context), .243 on big game or "bear defense". I'm sure I missed some other categories as well.
 
bearkilr said:
Best leave it at home if you're after grizzly, brown or polar bear.
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Now on to big Bear :p -

As Jack O'Connor wrote (p.228-229) in The Rifle Book: "...there is no reason why the man going to hunt Alaskan brown bear should take a .270 if he has a rifle of heavier caliber - nor is there any reason why the man on the spring grizzly hunt should take one..."
 
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