Yet Another Magnum vs. Small Bore Cartridge Conundrum

[One300wsm]

Do you have any first hand experience shooting animals with smaller cartridges? Any reason at all to argue that a 6.5 with good bullets wouldn't kill as effectively as your 300wsm... I watched this Alaskan moose get killed with my 22 creedmoor. And a significant amount of other animals. A buddy of mine killed a grizzly with a 22 arc yesterday. I'm pretty sure the OP would be fine with any 6.5 for any moose or bear on the planet earth.

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Yea and they stand around for 15 min before they tip over. Ive shot upwards of 400 big animals from a 222 rem to an 45/70 Gov and am pretty aware of what puts them on the ground quickly. I own an hand load for a substantial amount of weapons. And I just didn’t fall off the banana boat ️. Everyone really loved that video on YouTube of the Outdoors men crippling up a moose with 5 shots from a 22 arc before it finally died, we all were impressed.

 

[fatlander]

Yea and they stand around for 15 min before they tip over. Ive shot upwards of 400 big animals from a 222 rem to an 45/70 Gov and am pretty aware of what puts them on the ground quickly. I own an hand load for a substantial amount of weapons. And I just didn’t fall off the banana boat ️. Everyone really loved that video on YouTube of the Outdoors men crippling up a moose with 5 shots from a 22 arc before it finally died, we all were impressed.

I’ve seen tons of videos of moose eating up a full mag of 30 cal and larger magnum cartridges too before tipping over.

Anything smaller than 50BMG is wholly inadequate (tongue in cheek).


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[One300wsm]

I’ve seen tons of videos of moose eating up a full mag of 30 cal and larger magnum cartridges too before tipping over.

Anything smaller than 50BMG is wholly inadequate (tongue in cheek).


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The 3 I’ve killed hit the marsh!!!

 

[wind gypsy]

Autos never jam.

Right, bolt guns are way better in defense situations..

 

[Grizzle]

The 3 I’ve killed hit the marsh!!!

Once you've killed a few more moose you'll realize they VERY often stay on their feet when hit well and take some time for blood pressure to drop. Often guys will pump them full of more holes and it doesn't really speed the process up. You can easily watch a video of Adam grenda putting 6 rounds of 338rum into a bull that acts no different than being hit repeatedly with a smaller cartridge or caliber, but in that case the bull is just tough right? You magnum or bust guys are hilarious. Shoot what you want but thinking a smaller cartridge is insufficient for moose is just dumb. There's more than a few of us on here from BC that hunt moose every year, they arnt mythical creatures they're just big deer. Took apart a big roosie bull last fall killed with a 300wsm and 180 accubonds a few weeks before my bull moose with a 22cm and 88eldm and guess which one had more internal damage, hint it wasn't the bonded bullet. No offense but a sample size of 3 moose is not enough to have a valuble opinion on. I'm not telling you to use a .224 bullet but I am saying your idea of facts are based on ignorance.