Ammo suggestions for 30-06 on Moose?

What I meant, which I should have been a bit of clear, 50 years ago or even 100 years ago. Hunters used common cal and bullets that where available at the time. (Corner stove or gas station off the shelf) ie the 30-06. They still dropped. Now unless you are trying to do the long range 500 to 1000 m shots well, I guess you better work up a good load for that, but for moose it's not needed at all!
Now give me a bit of credit here, I was not implying that it should be done with a 204, 17, 22-250 or what ever pea shooting small new cal that is on the market now. What worked then should work now, no need to go ballistic on grain data and stuff, it's big hairy dumb animal.That gets shot every year when love is in the air
 
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Canadian Bush Wacker said:
What I meant, which I should have been a bit of clear, 50 years ago or even 100 years ago. Hunters used common cal and bullets that where available at the time. (Corner stove or gas station off the shelf) ie the 30-06. They still dropped. Now unless you are trying to do the long range 500 to 1000 m shots well, I guess you better work up a good load for that, but for moose it's not needed at all!
Now give me a bit of credit here, I was not implying that it should be done with a 204, 17, 22-250 or what ever pea shooting small new cal that is on the market now. What worked then should work now, no need to go ballistic on grain data and stuff, it's big hairy dumb animal.That gets shot every year when love is in the air
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Great answer to these people who take a wrong meaning from everything that isn't spelled out to them in capital letters!
 
Yes, could have been worse. Would not recommend a 308 for a 400 yard standing shot. Hell, I would not recommend a 400 standing shot with anything. I was carrying a 358 Win. We were expecting to shoot at close range.

I doubt any bullet in a 308 Win would have done much more than just drill a hole at 400+ yards. These were real yards, not the ones usually estimated in hunting situations.

I am not knocking premium bullets. I have Grand Slams and Barnes X on hand. My point is that the most important issue is bullet placement.
 
Killed many moose with winchester silver tips in 308. Haven't lost a single moose yet. Rem Core locks are suppose to be good as well.

I finally convinced one of the hunters in our party to do away with the expensive premium bullets in his 3006 (failsafes I believe) and to buy 2 boxes of the silvertips and practice more.

I am just getting into reloading for the 308 and I am going with 165 Interbonds since I got a box of 100 for $43 from the local gunshop last week, old stock with an old price. If they shoot good for me I will go get the other 2 boxes still left.
 
Hornady 30-06 SPRG 180 GR SST or BTSP (Comes in a light mag too)

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I would be very surprised if you were disappointed...
 
30-30

In the depression years of the 1930s, people living in bush areas lived on wild meat. Not every family had a hunter, so it was common for some hunter to shoot game for another family. Thus, some hunters shot a lot of game.
I was good friends with a man who told me had shot thirty moose during those years, and the only rifle he ever had was a 30-30. l asked him how many he had wounded that had got away. He thought for a while, then said, "I can't remember any moose that got away wounded!"
 
Anything in 180 grn that your rifle likes will work great. Iv always used core lokt, but if your looking to shoot further than 300 yards or so id look at lighter bullets. Get slightly flater trajectory.
 
H4831 said:
Great answer to these people who take a wrong meaning from everything that isn't spelled out to them in capital letters!
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I didnt take it wrong atall but DO know that this IS NOT 30 years ago when people were actualy hunters and bushmen and not someone who shoots a rifle once a year 3 or 4 shells and says YEP shes ready to kill a moose because some PUTZ online said so :jerkit:

maybe take a look at who is hunting this day and age and think before YOU speek , in 3 days I have read how 1 guy has a 300wm shooting 180grain bullets at a whopping 2800 fps, guess he should stop looking at the 30-06 data card, another fellow recovered a bullet that was in perfect form from a animal, bullet didnt open 1 bit in fact he said it was almost reusable :eek:

now I have winessed a couple of folks on this board YES with my own eyes wound animals, I have also read every year about those superman tuff black bears that seem to get shot and leave blood everywere but manage to escape :rolleyes:

lousy shooting , probably 75% of it , crappy ammo its out there ;)
 
Good points

Bone-Collector, you have made some good points. Good hunting was the main reason the lighter calibres worked so well.
By the way, I see you are from the lakes country. I once went with another fellow up Ootsa Lake with a boat and hunted where the Whitesail River flowed into Ootsa, before the area was flooded with the dam on the Nechako.
 
I like Federal's high energy loads and so does my 30-06. I used a chronograph and the 180 grain N/P is going about 270 fps faster at the muzzle. Speed isn't everything, but basically it means you're packing a 300 win mag. Not that it's needed. An '06 is plenty for moose. It's more for when a grizzly shows up looking for a free meal and you're covered in moose blood.
 
Thanks for your feedback everyone. I knew it would start a bit of a debate.

After doing an inventory on my fail safes... i decided to stick with them and will be bringing a box of 180grain cor lokts as "backup".
Found that both bullets shoot very similar when shoot at targets in the pit.

thanks.
 
Swift A-Frames, I think are loaded by Remington and Trophy Bear Bonded Claws used to be loaded by Federal, those two in my opinion are the best bullets where expansion and penetration has to work side by side.

Both are more pricey but very good.
 
SerbSniper said:
Hi,

I'm sure this has been asked a million times on here... and I don't mean to start a huge debate either.

I'm looking at switching up my ammo to something new this year for Moose on my Ruger 30-06. Any suggestions?

I've been using the Winchester Fail-safes 180 grain up to now.... and not too impressed. Plus... they do not make them anymore from what I hear, and I'm running low for this season.

What are you all using for Moose?

Take care,
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How many moose do you have under your belt and what did you use on them??
 
180 grain Federal Nosler partitions. My Tikka T3 Lite (in 30-06) really likes this ammo and groups within 2 inches at 200 yards. The rest is up to me.
I will use the saame load on Elk.
best of luck to you
 
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