i aint sayin nuttin that aint be said before, i love the 30 30, great deer gun, for the deer i use 150gr pmc starfire, but i hear the deer get big in maine so you might wanna go with a 170gr, i dunno about moose never even seen anything more than a track, all i know is the track was HUGE bigger than any cow track i;ve ever seen. i;ll say it can be done just get close aim good. and be picky with your shots. oh and i heard good things about the federal 170gr nosler partitions. keep those in mind.