Taking a 6.5 CM as my 2025 moose rifle

[mxgsfmdpx]

Killing a moose on a moose hunt is not my biggest concern.
Stopping a pissed off grizzly that was surprised in the willows or on a gut pile is why I carry a "larger" rifle.

It’s interesting that internet theory and real life can be so different.

 

[BCDJR]

The guy above your post did it with a .22CM at well beyond 500yd.

It looked pretty big too...

I see someone showed a picture of “ someone he knew who supposedly shot” . I am sure the Athabascans killed them with a primitive bow and lots of arrows. In my case by guide told me to break the bull down where he stood. If he ran far we were going to be in for a long day getting him out. My 300 win mag allowed me to hit him in the shoulder and then follow up with a couple more. The previous season I killed a 9’ 3” grizzly about 3 miles from where I got the moose. Yes …..grizzly not brown. The scull made Boone and Crockett green score. Maybe the Alaskan gulde will pack an adequate backup.

 

[LongWayAround]

^sweet.

That's also not what the guy who shared the picture said...

 

[BRTreedogs]

Hope nobody watches the experience project next and sees a 6cm absolutely stomp a couple huge bulls.

If you want to shoot something bigger, so as to make it more deader then dead, fine.

But don’t get on the internet and pretend like a mid sized cartridge isn’t enough and the bullets just gonna bounce off.

I mean 200fps and 30 grains less bullet takes a cartridge from the most rooten tooten kill daddy cartridge, to an absolute non affective turd?

Come on.

The days of remembering the fudd days of year past when you shot old school light for caliber, poorly designed bullets out of a 3-4” @ 100 yard, leupold 4x that won’t hold zero system.
I mean, I’m sure people are still doing that.
But you shouldn’t.

A properly designed modern bullet, places with precision is effective.


You ability to place the bullet is way more important, and most likely way more in question.

 

[Jimss]

If it were me and didn’t have time to do hand loads I’d pick up a box of factory 300 win. Head to the range and have it sighted in in around 30 minutes. A box of 300 win is cheap and shoots amazing. If you are going guided and flying to your destination a premium box of factory loads is a fraction of the cost of your hunt.

I certainly hope it isn’t raining and the blood trail doesn’t disappear in a giant willow jungle. Yep, there still is doubt in your mind that this would happen with your Creedmore. My guess is that a 300 would slam him hard enough, even through a shoulder that you would get a 2nd shot? It may or may not with a creedmore.

There also is the chance you may not take a shoulder shot with your creedmore that could easily be possible with a 300 win. If you don’t take the shot and the mega-bull runs off you may be quite disappointed?

It sounds like your mind is made up and I hope it works out. There is the chance it will but is it worth the risk?

 

[Jon Boy]

I will be taking a 6.5 cm with 130 TMKS on my moose hunt this year. Sure hope a bullet doesn’t bounce off his shoulder! And im glad that 44 mags are acceptable grizzly medicine but a high power rifle cartridge isn’t…