Moose Hunt Cartridge and Bullet

[medvedyt]

I would be curious about shooting a moose with a .375, 270 grain Speer boat tail soft point.

one example with the 270 gr spire point from hornady that i will consider a little more fragile than the speer and i worked on one moose, one bison and one grizzly but it is one example of each ... for now i prefer the 250 tsx in the 9.3s ...

 

[RELIANT]

Of your choices either the 300 PRC Hornady ELDX 212 or 7 PRC Hornady ELDX 175. Although since I handload I'd want a tougher bullet and would probably use a similar weight Nosler Accubond as a balance for close range weight retention and long range performance.

I have had good luck with 200 grain Nosler Accubonds out of the 300 Win Mag. My experience on 4 Canadian Moose 20 - 250 yards was watching them all fall after the first shot, (3 dropped where they were standing or with in a few steps, 1 jumped in the river and swam about 50 yards)

 

[Joshk358]

Only one moose for me. 338 Federal using the 210 gr Nosler partition at roughly 2500FPS. 98 yards qtr away. Bull went about 15 yards and fell over.

 

[medvedyt]

Only one moose for me. 338 Federal using the 210 gr Nosler partition at roughly 2500FPS. 98 yards qtr away. Bull went about 15 yards and fell over.

great combo for bison as well.

 

[VernAK]

great combo for bison as well.

I've got a Kimber Montana with a red dot on it. This a very handy and effective 5 lb bear gun with that 338 Federal 210 gr NP.

 

[FAAFO]

I just shoot whatever is cheapest, usually Remington cor lokt. I switch it up between which gun just based off which one I grab reaching in the safe.

 

[TheWhitetailNut]

.300 PRC and 180 TTSX, Basically the same as my Win. Mag.

 

[Goduck]

I'd take 300 PRC with Berger 215 Hybrid Target bullet.

 

[AKDoc]

As hunters, we have individual preferences that can differ from one another...and that's ok. Conversations about caliber and bullet preferences for (fill-in the blank with game animal here) pretty much always illustrate those individual differences...it's very predictable.

That said, my preferences and bullet choice for moose:

1. I want to call a bull as close to camp/pick-up as I can. I prefer that for obvious reasons, and it’s an absolute thriller doing it!
2. I want a caliber and bullet that will put a bull down responsibly without excessive meat damage. For example, on a broadside shot of a moose I want a bullet that's going to enter, expand and penetrate (and hold together without blowing-up), and exit the other side.​

Given my preferences, I started hand loading and using X's over thirty-years ago and then TSX's and TTSX's for hunting...and I've not looked back. I found something that worked great for moose and I stayed with it...a 270gr TSX out of my 375H&H is extremely accurate and going close to 2800fps. It has very effectively done what I want with a moose, as well as grizzlies. I have had the good fortune of taking many moose and a few grizzlies over the years with that cartridge and bullet combination, and I've recovered very few bullets in doing so.

 

[AkMtnRunner]

I love what a fat barnes bullet does too, AKDoc. If I always hunted with that same calling strategy I'd still be using my 375 and not look back either!