Moose bullet for tikka .243

[Dobermann]

WOULD LOVE TO SEE PICTURES OF ALL OF YOUR MOOSE KILLS OVER THE YEARS,
Actually would love to see all of your hunting experiences photos outside of the raghorn bull elk that you may actually have a photo of. I say , FORM- BIG HAT NO CATTLE

No need to yell over the internet. It's not 1996 anymore ...

 

[Castle Rock]

Shoot any of those critters with a 243? What bullet in the 22-250? My 22-250 has been crushing deer for me the last 2 seasons.

No I didn’t have a 243 available, but I would like to do a bit of time traveling and take my current tikka 243 and 108s, a range finder and dialing scope back there, it would have been incredible.

22/250 ammo was Winchester and PMC 55 grain soft points behind the leg into the heart and lungs.

The younger ones are great eating too.

 

[Treeman_MG]

A couple observations. This was never intended to be a "will a 243 kill a moose," thread, I'm confident it will. What I really intended was "which bullet should I choose for moose?". That said, I do appreciate all the people who chimed in with their experiences on moose, especially those that live in Alaska.

On the topic of bullet choice (which I think matters a lot more than caliber/cartridge), one thing I most likely won't use are copper monos. I got really tired of shooting deer through the lungs with barnes and watching them run 100, 200+ yards before tipping over. They seem to die much quicker and run less with cup and core match type bullets.

Current front runners for moose are:
Nosler 95gr ballistic tip (seems to be pretty universally lived by .243 fans)
Hornady 105 hpbt
Sierra 95 tmk (or 107gr, if I can get them before my hunt)
Maybe 95/100gr partitions
Maybe 115gr berger vld hunt (if they shoot well).
115 dtac/tmk (may not stabilize in my 1:8 twist near sea level).

Any I've missed?