Which gun would you take?

[BreechFace]

375 Ruger all the way! The Trijicon on top is perfect as well!

What a great rig for the hunt you described.

 

[RockAndSage]

if you're not going to use a Ruger Alaskan in .375 Ruger to hunt Alaskan moose, what are younsaving it for?

Getting to the heart of the issue...

 

[PA Hunter]

The gun didn’t have the range? Or your buddy didn’t have the skill/practice with that rifle to make a good shot???

No he is a very good shot, his gun didn't have the range and he took a poke at it last day hunting as getting dark.

 

[BreechFace]

No he is a very good shot, his gun didn't have the range and he took a poke at it last day hunting as getting dark.

The 375 Ruger’s ballistics allow for quite a distance while maintaining potency. Interesting, he felt he was limited.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Yes, he clarified that.

I have a tendency to comment before I finish reading a thread.

My bad.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

No he is a very good shot, his gun didn't have the range and he took a poke at it last day hunting as getting dark.

Yes, he took a shot he hadn’t practiced with and didn’t know enough about the gun he was using to realize he was making a poor choice/shot.

The problem here isn’t the gun, it’s your friend shooting it.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

The 375 Ruger’s ballistics allow for quite a distance while maintaining potency. Interesting, he felt he was limited.

Because he has no idea what the hell he’s doing. Let’s just call a spade a spade.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Getting to the heart of the issue...

exactly and it should have been the first response to the thread.

Like the guy said, if you aren’t going to use your Ruger Alaskan for an Alaska moose hunt, why do you even own it?

 

[PA Hunter]

exactly and it should have been the first response to the thread.

Like the guy said, if you aren’t going to use your Ruger Alaskan for an Alaska moose hunt, why do you even own it?

He has allot of guns and he practices allot.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

He has allot of guns and he practices allot.

Apparently not enough. I’m guessing he’s either:

A: not as good as he thinks he is
B: didn’t practice enough to understand the gun

Or

C: both

I’m leaning towards c.

 

[Alaska92]

No question here……the .375 Ruger mentioned is the easy choice for this application. The mention of taking two rifles…..silly.

 

[Alaska92]

I would take the .300 my friend made the mistake taking his 375 Ruger few years ago didnt have the range and wounded a moose. Easily would have had it with his 7mm. Moose are not hard to kill just take a bit to fall over with their large lungs.

There is more to this story.

 

[luke moffat]

I'll just mimmick what others said here. Moose are NOT increidbly hard to kill. Either rifle will work just fine. The 375 is likely not the lightest tool in the toolbox but youre float hunting not chasing sheep up and down mountains for 100 miles over the course of 10-14 days.

375 Ruger all the way cause if you don't use it for a hunt like this like someone said, why own it?