What caliber for long range moose?

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I have joined a new moose hunting camp where instead of it all being heavy bush we have a combination of heavy bush along with a lot of clear areas for 500-600 yards shots. I'm shooting a Benelli R1 3006 cal with a Swarovskki 1.7-10x42. its a great rifle for the thick bush out to 300 yards but with a lot of 300-600 yard opportunities I'd like a bolt rifle with more accuracy and hitting power at longer ranges I recently acquired a 375 Weatherby that is supposed to be very accurate but I'm wondering at 600 yards if it's the best way to go.
The 375 weatherby is just a bit more powerful then the 375 h&h if you are unfamiliar with that caliber of weatherby
Thoughts or options I should consider
 
Either one will work if you select your bullets carefully, use a good LRF and know how to read wind, adjust your scope properly and shoot.

With both cartridges the limiting factor will be the shooter.
 
nothing wrong with what you got I am sure with a little shooting your 30 06 will reach out to 500 yards and as far as the bee goes .well thy speak for them self .now if you watch the hunting tv host then you need a 7mm mag but for me I love the 264 win mag for reaching out .to each there own most rifles will out shoot there shooters Dutch
 
I do a lot of long rang elk and target
I have 3 rifles
308 Famae semi auto for 200 to thick timber 18 inch barrel 3x9x40
fast follow up shots as they are moving through fast in the trees
6.5 x55 on steroids running 3000 fps with 140for my 300 to say 700 yards and its deadly accurate 26 inch barrel 8x32x56 scope
7mm Mag again all jacked up for 700 to a mile 29 in barrel 10x50 x60 scope

I find it hard to find an animal in deep timber with a scope that you can see at 600 yards
and hard to use my 8x32 @ 75 yards

letsface it it youronly as good as you can see

and at 600 at 28 power I can see your eye Color

at 8 power is no good for deep timber but 3 works nice

same with barrel lengh
 
took my last moose with my .338 .......dropped it clean........ fell over kicked twice, and it was done.
The .338 is great long range shooter......nice caliber in case you run into a bear while hunting also....
 
If I was to buy a rifle for long range shooting like you describe I'd choose a 338 Lapua. Chances are I'd never have a moose more than 200 yards away where I hunt, and thats over a small lake. For now my 308 does it all for me.
 
I've always hunted big cutovers, longest shot yet was 350yds with my 308. This years 2 moose fell to the 300wsm at 80 and 120 yards, both in big cutovers. My other go to calibers are 338wm and I got a 7mm mag which I might take next year.
 
There is always the chance that, when you shoot a moose that far away, there will be some really unpleasant sh*te to get him through to get back to where you want him to be. That's the real problem with long range hunting...the intervening country!
 
My best answer is;

Your R1 and a 400 yard stalk...

A good pair of boots will help if your are prone to barefoot hunting

If you are otherwise incapacitated, try the .338 Lapua... but a .300 WM would do it also and your shoulder will thank you...
 
I'm sort of partial to this blessed Schultz in 308 Norma Mag.
Use to toss 150's down the pipe, but figger'd they were mite petite.
Pulled up me drawr's and use 165's now.........
 
I'm sort of partial to this blessed Schultz in 308 Norma Mag.
Use to toss 150's down the pipe, but figger'd they were mite petite.
Pulled up me drawr's and use 165's now.........

Me as well:), my favorite 30 cal magnum, a model 65DL Schultz & Larsen and in 308NM.



Some of my most accurate loads have been using the Sierra 200gr BT.



However, I've since changed over to the Barnes 168gr TTSX boattail.
 
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