6.5x55 Swede for Moose?

dgradinaru said:
If i recall the moose was about 60 yards broadside and the bullet made it thru one shoulder and one lung. My bad about saying it was the ttsx, it was the the hornady GMX.
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Ah ok - I have heard that these little bullets definitely do not do great against large bones, but if you get a pure boiler room hit the penetration is great.
I'm actually pretty impressed that the little 120gr bullet got through a shoulder blade and took out a lung!
 
Deadest, quickest moose I ever shot was with Swift A frame 140 grain at about 2500fps. I just shoot CIL 160 round nose component bullets now at everything. Velocity is about 2450 fps. Lower speeds are due to my 113 year old swede 96 sporter.

Darryl
 
RatFink said:
Ah ok - I have heard that these little bullets definitely do not do great against large bones, but if you get a pure boiler room hit the penetration is great.
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The pic of the expended 140 gr Barnes XLC that I posted above was from a frontal chest shot, and recovered from under the skin on the hind quarter.
 
Got Hornady 160 grain Interlock RN and Woodleigh 160 gain RN (twice the price!!). I am loading some Hornady 160s to work up a load, as I expect them and the Woodleighs will have near, if not the same, POI. There were no other bullets there that I considered suitable for the intended purpose, but I am very pleased to have what I found...
 
Well, gentlemen, I made it to the club range today and I am a happy man. Not that I wasn't happy before, but the Swede performed flawlessly and I found the magic load in both 140 grain SST and 160 grain Interlock RN. Thanks for the vote of confidence in the Hornady 160, Ganderite. I shall, however, provide both this round and the Woodleigh for the son-in-law's moose hunt this season. Can you believe the recoil in this chambering? I mean, the lack thereof... :)

Regards to all,

Woodlot
 
You will have to extrapolate somewhat from this info, as I have only shot moose with archery gear, but I have shot bears and many deer with 6.5's including the X55 using both Partition bullets and Accubonds, favouring the 140's. The 140 Accubond did a great job on a goat last month, and it has proven to be very accurate in my .260, 6.5 RM and 6.5X55, and mushrooms nicely on game with good weight retention.
 
140 grain is the answer. 160 is great too, and 120 will work just fine on a broadside shot or raking/frontal shots with a bit more skill. Eastern moose are easy to kill.
 
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