Not saying the .30/30 won't kill moose, it has killed thousands. Just saying you don't always get a broadside shot at a standing moose even within the range of the .30/30. Sometimes you need a lot more penetration.
Moose and .30-30 Leverevolution?
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And if you lived in New Brunswick where getting to hunt a moose is generally a once in a lifetime opportunity and then you only get a 3 day season you would understand Mr. Web's and most New Brunswickers reluctance to hunt moose with a .30-30.
The .30-30 is more than capable if you are willing to play within its limitations.
These discussions are more philosophical than practical... Sure .30/30 has killed tens of thousands of moose, but mostly because it was the ONLY gun available at the time... I remember my dad shooting a cow almost 50 years ago with a Win 94 in .32 Special (equal to .30/30)... It killed her with two shots, could have, shoud have been one shot, but dad was always disinclined to "waste" ammo by practicing... These days most people have the wherewithal to shoot many other "more appropriate" calibers... Sure, you can still do it with a .30/30, but perhaps the question should be; "why?"
Well, I would say that your ballistic experience is limited and you have some errant rules of thumb. Firstly, the Accubond does not have a generic overall jacket specification that flows through all calibers, and the same goes for the Ballistic Tip. I have this year used the 120gr BTips out of a 6.5 Rem Mag on the recommendation of some American acquaintances who put enough animals down to know better. They know from experience and fact that specific weights in specific calibers have heavier jackets and bases because of their deferred to uses by their customers. This bullet has had two deer shot by me at over 3000fps impacts and both made hard angle penetrations with full exits. Far superior performance to my experience with the 140gr Accubond in the .280 Remington I have witnessed etc. Because the sectionals show the jackets are not equal, and that BTip I used has a much beefier jacket.
Bonding is only an ingredient, and with other things not being properly engineered can cause a less effective bullet vs the same structure unbonded. In fact, Berger VLDs would theoretically suck bonded. I would bet you'd see deformation and pancakes everywhere.
