Bullet choice for moose/brown bear in 300 mag

[88man]

200 grn accubond or 200 grain partition

 

[Alaskanopolis]

For what it’s worth, I shot a moose with a 280gr LRX out of a 338-378 at ~2900fps, lengthwise, from about 20 yards and recovered the bullet in the moose’s hip and it looked like it retained its weight like a normal Barnes.

 

[Ruger2004]

Barnes TTSX 180 gr

 

[passinggas33]

I’m not an Alaska resident nor have I been there enough to consider myself an expert, BUT I have had fantastic results from the 200gr AccuBond as well. I shot my last moose with 212 Eld-x and got the infamous grenade result. So I went back to the AccuBond like I had done before. I actually just buy the factory Nosler Custom Load with this bullet and have done very well with it. Might be worth a look.

 

[ericF]

We shot 4 Moose this year using Barnes 180 gr TTSX in 300 Win Mags. My brother in law and I shot our two 30 seconds apart at 450 yards after waiting an hour for them to stand up. We each recovered one bullet and picture perfect performance.

 

[Vance in AK]

Thanks Perry! The Accubond is definetly on my give it a try list & it just moved to thye top!
Trust you guys are staying warm. I'm getting tired of -20* but know your -40 makes this feel balmy!

 

[Vance in AK]

Thanks ALL. Sorry I missed page 2!
If the Accubonds don't shoot some type of Barnes will likely be next on my list to try.
Passinggass, I have a box of the ELD-X in 200gr but I've heard enough stories now to give me pause with them. Maybe good practice ammo or maybe save them for a caribou hunt.
The Nosler factory ammo may be an option to play before I get my reloading gear vsetup in our new to us house. Thanks

 

[FishfinderAK]

Lots of Barnes and Etip love here. Anyone ever try the appealingly similar Hornady GMX?
I’ve had limit experience, but so far lm liking the 180 outta my 300 WM.

 

[teamr2]

Have killed several moose with 180 AB’s out of a 300WM. Killed even more moose with a 308 slinging 165 AB’s. Flawless performance on every one of them. Always waited for a broadside shot or took a head shot at closer ranges. Only shot one brown bear but that was with a 300gr A frame. I’d be hard pressed to believe a 180 or 200 AB wouldn’t work perfectly for what you are looking to do. See what your gun likes and roll with it.

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

Don’t know from experience cause my season got gutted but from what I’ve read you can’t go wrong with the OG round Nosler Partition. However I feel like the tip of the bullet is softer than usual, just racking one in my Weatherby the tips get jacked up.

 

[wyodog]

Another Barnes fan here. I'm on an 18 animal 1 shot kill streak with the TTSX 180 guns from a 300 RUM. Most recent was Alaskan moose at a fair poke. He died in sight of me.

 

[Spiral Horn]

180gr Barnes TTSX 300 Weatherby - nothing but 1-shot takes on big critters including a 9ft Brownie.

 

[Vance in AK]

So now you guys have me thinking of trying the Barnes before the Accubond!

 

[Krieg Hetzen]

Another vote for the Barnes TTSX. My hunting partner shot his bull moose at 130ish yards through the heart. It perfectly cored the heart after hitting a rib on the way in and we recovered the bullet just under the hide on the opposite side. He was using the factory loaded ammo for a .300WM. I use the same bullet type for my 7mmRM and have great results.

 

[PA Hunter]

I only shoot accubonds anymore for everything. They have really performed great on moose and elk compared to everything else over the years.

 

[Theringworm]

I dropped my Alaskan moose this year with the 175g LRAB out of a 28 Nosler at 100yds. Bull took 15 steps and was done. Entrance wound was dang near the size of my fist, passed through the right rib cage, through the lungs/vitals, exited through the left rib cage and stopped under neath the skin. Here is the recovered bullet. I was very impressed with its performance.

 

[AKHUNTER]

I use Barnes 180g TSX out of my 300WSM. It has performed great on AK big game.

 

[Vance in AK]

Thanks guys... I'm still listening

 

[PA Hunter]

I use a .300 RUM but I only use 200 gr Accubonds on moose, the last three moose were all pass through broadside no bullets recovered behind shoulder. I switched to Accubonds after three bad experiences with 200 gr Barnes TTSX on other moose and elk.

If I has a .300 Win Mag I would shoot 180 or 200 gr Accubonds.

 

[Touchdown88]

My wife shot her bull using a 200 grain Accubond out of a 30-378. The first shot grazed his neck and knocked him out and second shot killed him instantly. I wouldn't us anything else on a moose or bear.