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Mr. Friendly

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...what is the minimum you would want to drop moose within 200 yards? talking cartridge & bullet, which in turn would speak about velocity, energy, ballistic coefficient, etc. :yingyang:

ps - I tried to add some tags, but got an error message saying I don't have permissions to do so. what. the. heck? :confused:
 
Mr. Friendly said:
...what is the minimum you would want to drop moose within 200 yards? talking cartridge & bullet, which in turn would speak about velocity, energy, ballistic coefficient, etc. :yingyang:

ps - I tried to add some tags, but got an error message saying I don't have permissions to do so. what. the. heck? :confused:
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Many Scandinavians hunt and kill moose with the 6.5x55 Swede, probably with a 140 grain bullet.........shot placement is key.
 
270 would be the smallest I would want.should have no problem sending one though the ribs out to 200 yards
 
7mm-08 will take care of business at 200 yards if you want less recoil. But like others have said, shot placement is key.
 
While I have shot 2 moose with the 6mm Remington and the 100 Partition, I do NOT consider it a moose chamering,
and would not take it moose hunting purposely unless it was the only rifle I possessed.
The 6.5x55 [or 260 Remington] with a 140 grain bullet is about the smallest I could recommend to hunt moose with.
Eagleye.
 
Mr. Friendly said:
...what is the minimum "YOU" would want to drop moose within 200 yards? talking cartridge & bullet...
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For moose, I start at the 7mm's with 150's... I have many rifles to choose from (including 6.5X55), there is no good reason to shoot less than my 7X57, 7X64, .280 or 7mm WSM.
 
The 65x55 has one of the highest SDs of any hunting bullet making it a very efficient killer,far beyond what it might look like on paper .Ballistically it is virtually equivilent to the 270 after 100 yards but does so with less recoil.There is a very simple reason this chambering has lasted for over 100 years...it works
 
There's a big difference in what I hunt moose with as opposed to what I would shoot a moose with if a fluke oppurtunity came up.

i'm thinking along the lines of in my case if I was out with my 257 Wby, 260 Rem or 26 Nosler, I would never grab those rifles for a moose hunt but at the same time I wouldnt hesitate much to pull the trigger if using good bullets.
 
Anything in the 6.5x55 or 7x57 class of cartridge would do it for me. I would not be hunting with less, but that is just my humble opinion.
 
The moose I shot this year died by the bullet from my 270 with a Nosler 130gr ballistic tip bullet. Broadside through the lungs and the bullet stopped between two ribs on the far side.
 
Interesting points in these articles -

Size matters - "larger as one goes north...an average mature male weighs about 600 pounds...A very large male might weigh 1000 pounds. In extreme cases Alaskan and Northern Canadian moose can weigh over 1800 pounds."

Agitation - "the vitality and state of mind of the individual animal when shot. Most hunters have noticed how relatively easy it is to kill a relaxed animal and how difficult it can be to stop an animal fleeing for its life. "

Precise shot placement - "cartridges like the .30-30, .32 Win. Special and .35 Remington have killed a lot of moose in the hands of good hunters...wait for the right angle at short range..."

http://www.chuckhawks.com/moose_cartridges.htm


It buggered off - "Even game animals that are shot in the critical heart-lung area (using typical small bore rifles as discussed elsewhere on their site) will often take off at a full run, only to fall some distance away. Depending on their injury, some animals may appear to run as though your shot completely missed them."

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.wounded

So I favor 3500 to 4000 ft-lbs at 200 yards using one of my high speed .40+ calibers then it doesn't bugger off when hit, typically a 1 shot DRT kill. ;)
 
I've seen what my 25/06 can do to bears. I'd have no problem shooting a moose with it. I wouldn't set out to hunt moose with it but I know it'll work
How and where you hunt make the difference. I've had more than 75% of the moose I've seen while hunting within 40 yards broadside. For that a 30/30 would be fine.
My moose guns if I so hunted would be a 300 wm with 180 gr woodlieghs ppsn at 2960 fps. Second to that or maybe first a 458 wm shooting 400 gr ppsn woodlieghs at 2450 fps. For pushing bush or ambushing small openings I'd prolly carry my double rifle in 45/70
As for bear I often carry 2 rifles. I short range gun like my double and a 300 wm in case a longer shot presents its self
I don't currently hunt moose
 
Never know what could be called in, so by carrying a high speed .40+ caliber I'm also ready perhaps more importantly for 'Ol Ephraim. Or Jacko. I've called in predators before so it's bound to happen again. :eek:
 
For me minimum would be 257roberts with 120gr partitions or perhaps a 7.62x39 with a good load for under 150 yards. Would it be my first choice? No, but if I happened to carry such a rifle with me I would pull off the shot without hesitation. If I'm out specifically for moose a 7MM or bigger would come with me. I took my bull moose this year with my 7x64 with 175gr interlocks at 2700fps. Worked as expected.
 
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