Prairie Boy

i'll be going moose hunting in a couple weeks and i'm going with a friend of mine. we started talking about what guns we would bring and he said he wanted to bring his 375 H&H along and i said as a joke i'd take my 260 rem along. he laughed as i expected he would but he laughed a bit to long. then he said totally serious that a 260 rem wouldn't kill a moose. i said sure it would. he said no it wouldn't. it went back and forth like that for a while and basically he said if i was so sure it would i should take my 260 along for moose then. if i can actually shoot kill and recover a moose he's buy me a new tree stand. if i didn't i'd have to buy him one. i don't really doubt that the 260 can take a moose. the sweeds use their 6.5x55's all the time and they kill em just fine. i was thinking of reloading some 140gr barnes x bullets or some 140gr tbbc's in my 260 for this hunt. do u guys think it's childish and stupid to try and prove a point like this and risk wounding a moose or are u confident the 260 with a 140gr barnes or tbbc's is up for the job? i wouldn't bring it if i didn't think it could do the job but i'd like to hear what u have to say about it.

cheers

kodiakhuntmaster

It'll work just fine. Knock'em where it counts.

"Hey ya'll, watch this"

bigbulls

Yeah it'll work fine. Just put it where it needs to be.

1SHOT_1KILL

Keep your shot 200yds and under, with a premium bullet, you should do just fine. The fact that you plan on reloading with premium bullets like TBBC, X-bullets, or even Partitions or Grand Slams, at factory equivalent or slightly hotter loading, makes you odds even better by 2x. With a 140gr premium bullet at a good velocity, with good accuracy, you should be able to place your shot where it needs to be. But, be prepared to have to turn a shot or some shot opportunities down. Be patient and wait for the right shot opportuniy to present itself, as even with a good premium bullet, you will not have the bone smashing power that your friend with the .375 H&H, has. Better no shot at all, than a wounded non-recovered animal. That way you both can call it a draw, and no one looses.

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skeeter 7MM

Hey I took 3 bulls with my 270 2 with 140 gr failsafes and 1 with 150 gr Nosler part. I just limited the shots to 200 yards and vitals. Put her home and enjoy your new treestand!

Is it childish? Yeah...but a man has to defend his rep, doesn't he. Then add a bet and free stuff...isn't like freddy flintstone would say "BET!BET!BET!BET!" LOL

bigbulls

That's a good idea skeeter, get him to bet his 375 H&H against your .260 and take his rifle from him and get a moose to boot.