Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
Mercy, Caribou can and have been dropped quite regularly with .243's....
Moose on the other hand, are not a critter to be fooled around with. But a 7x57 with a 160 grain trucking along at 2550-2640 with a high quality bullet that will hold together is plenty of medicine for the big beasties....
I skimmed two lines on this and frankly, lost interest, because it's all a distinction without a difference...
First and foremost: THIS THREAD IS 11YRS OLD...
1) Forgive (read: "forget") that I mentioned caribou at all, as the inclusion of caribou on his list is absolutely moot - they're the easiest of the 3, so discussing an ideal caribou gun is a waste of breath... The guy said his dad has ONE GUN WITH ONE LOAD - a 7mm Mauser with 140grn pills - and is going after Caribou, Bear, and Moose. I was not previously ignorant to the fact that caribou go down as easy as whitetails, but I'm aware that mentioning that in this thread is irrelevant - he needed a bear and moose gun and he intends to kill caribou with it. He needed to know if his ONE GUN and load would work, and wasn't asking about an ideal 3 gun battery with individual ideal guns for each of the 3 species.
He asked about one gun, one load, and my comment as well as yours agree that it's not the proper load...
2) I said exactly this:
Originally Posted by
Nomercy448
I wouldn't spend money to go hunt moose, caribou, and bear with a bullet under .300 sectional density, MAYBE .280...
A 7x57 mauser with a 160grn pill as a .284 sectional density. I said I wouldn't spend money to go on a hunt without a 300, or at least 280, 284 makes the mark. Since this is an 11yr old thread, I didn't feel the need to elaborate on what bullet weight that meant, or what velocity it needed to by flying or what color of hair the shooter should have - a 7x57 with a 280-300 SD bullet will kill the game he's after. Enough said.