Is 44 Magnum (rifle) adequate for moose?

[Johnn Peterson]

There was an episode in line with this discussion that Elmer Keith made mention of in one of his books and I'll try and find it later. As I recall the basics delt with some cattle that had to be put down and one of the firearms being used was a 30-06. Supposedly Keith was partially involved in the task and he used his 44 Mag S&W 4" model 29 with his 250gr hard cast bullet loads. The shots he took were as close as possible to the same angle and direction as the shooter using the '06. I realise bullet technology has improved considerably since that time but the 44 Mag repeatedly penetrated further than the '06 bullets. I'll have to do a bit of digging and see if I can find that specific article and define some of the details better.

Found it, or rather my buddy that went with me to visit Keith years ago located the info. He's more of a 'Keith' aficionado than I am. It isn't quite the article I was thinking about but end results and conclusions are the same. It's from page 284 of Sixguns by Keith and the firearm in this particular instance is actually a 4" S&W 44 Special and this is the caliber he's talking of at the first paragraph of the page.