.270 medicine for moose?
05-22-2011, 07:14 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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That bullet still has 2000 ft/lbs of energy at 200 yards. Stick to 200 yards or less and you should be fine. The story I heard about the invention of the nosler partition is that he shot a moose and had the bullet blow up when it hit the mooses shoulder. He decided to invent a bullet that would keep on trucking even if it hit something solid.
That bullet still has 2000 ft/lbs of energy at 200 yards. Stick to 200 yards or less and you should be fine. The story I heard about the invention of the nosler partition is that he shot a moose and had the bullet blow up when it hit the mooses shoulder. He decided to invent a bullet that would keep on trucking even if it hit something solid.
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05-22-2011, 12:12 PM
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The Hornady Interbond is another good bullet for elk and moose and the .270 with the proper bonded bullet will more than do the job for you up there if you put it in the boilerroom. Anybody who says a .270 or 30-06 aren't enough gun for moose (or elk) probably has never even hunted them and is reading magazine articles to give their opinion!
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05-22-2011, 12:25 PM
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I call it marginal. Here's some other opinions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/big-...o-small-2.html
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/big-...o-small-2.html
05-22-2011, 01:37 PM
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I guess it depends on where you hunt them , but in my limited moose hunting experience (once in Alaska and once in Montana) I would probably choose a 270 for a moose before I would use it for elk. Moose didn't impress me as being near as wild as elk and neither showed any inclination to run very far after the shot. It also seemed easier to get closer to them than elk. So I would have no qualms at all about shooting one with a 150 gr partition from a 270 out to 150-200 yards. Your experiences may differ. Course the "Is the 270 big enough" has been debated ad nauseum, but that wasn't his question...
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05-22-2011, 03:10 PM
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I would go with a 150gr Nosler partition, or a 150gr. Speer Grand Slam, or a 140gr. Speer Bear Claw. All 3 are really good bullets that are more than good enough for the job as long as you put it where it needs to go.
05-23-2011, 12:18 PM
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I guess it depends on where you hunt them , but in my limited moose hunting experience (once in Alaska and once in Montana) I would probably choose a 270 for a moose before I would use it for elk. Moose didn't impress me as being near as wild as elk and neither showed any inclination to run very far after the shot. It also seemed easier to get closer to them than elk. So I would have no qualms at all about shooting one with a 150 gr partition from a 270 out to 150-200 yards. Your experiences may differ. Course the "Is the 270 big enough" has been debated ad nauseum, but that wasn't his question...