7x57, 270 or 300 for moose?

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My 7x57 is sighted in and ready to go with 140 grain Hornady Interlock bullets.

My 270 has 150 grain Hornady Interlocks ready to go, but on my last outing I banged the scope in a fall and haven't been to the range with it since, and I'm out of town working.

My 300 Winchester magnum probably needs confirmation sighting in too as the last bear I shot died, but I didn't hit it where I aimed.

Say I had to leave within a day of getting home from my camp work for a week's moose hunt.

What to bring?
 
Take the 7x57 and the 300 as a back up.
The 270 you need to prove.
The 300 worked, you just haven't confirmed whether
it was you or the rifle.
 
"IMO you need more range time with your rifles."

I know but I've been working away from home for five months.
 
Only one of those guns is fit to be used on game at present... that is your 7X57... it is sighted with an appropriate load and is accurate, you have confidence in it (critical)... it is more about shot placement and less about ballistics... your other two guns need work before being put into service on game animals... we owe it to the animals and the sport in general to do our homework... and do it well.
 
Take the 7x57. You know it is accurate. A well placed 7mm projectile is infinitely more useful than poor shot placement from the 300. Leave the 270 home.
 
That 7x57 is plenty of moose medicine, with proper bullet placement.
I have shot at least 9 moose with the 7x57...never had to shoot one twice.
Regards, Dave.
 
All will work. Just sight your ####ing rifle in before you go hunting! I'd even take a test shot with the 7x57 if it hasn't been used in a while!
 
Yup heard a 223 is big enough. Problem is sometimes you don't always get a good broad side shot on a moose. Or you need to take a longer shot . The moose I hunt live in the bush so you generally only get one shot. You don't want to track a moose..or you will have a lot more work to do. Saw many moose this year shot 4 to 11 times because I cut meat on the side. I won't even get into the 303 as a good moose killer..
 
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Ha, watching Mountain Men yesterday, the narrator went on and on about how one shot usually isn't enough to put a bull moose down. Oh the drama, even had some exciting music goin on as he walked up to the obviously very dead moose.
 
kennymo said:
Ha, watching Mountain Men yesterday, the narrator went on and on about how one shot usually isn't enough to put a bull moose down. Oh the drama, even had some exciting music goin on as he walked up to the obviously very dead moose.
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Is there not a guy that uses an AR15 for moose on that show?

I was surprised when I saw it, but apparently it worked.
 
noneck180 said:
Yup heard a 223 is big enough. Problem is sometimes you don't always get a good broad side shot on a moose. Or you need to take a longer shot . The moose I hunt live in the bush so you generally only get one shot. You don't want to track a moose..or you will have a lot more work to do. Saw many moose this year shot 4 to 11 times because I cut meat on the side. I won't even get into the 303 as a good moose killer..
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I taught my kids to wait for the "right" shot and shoot "once" or let it walk... We aren't starving, we don't need the meat that bad... Of course, extenuating circumstances do happen.
 
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