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You know what my guide hunts moose with in Newfoundland? A 243Win. I was surprised too. I hit one last year with a 30-06. It acted like it didn' t know it was hit. But the land is much different than Newfoundland where you will be hunting also. I would perfer to take something heavier than either of what you got. But after seeing them kill moose with a 243win, I would say they would be good enough. I wouldn' t lose sleep over it. As long as you hit it broadsided, I believe you will be fine. I would use a bonded bullet. Or maybe Barnes if yours shoots it. You want all the pentration you can get.

I would go with a 175 gr. Barnes X, Swift A-Frame, Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, or Nosler Partition. Good luck.

Actually either rifle would work ,it just might not be the best choice depending upon your experience . If you are familiar enough with the guns to know thier limitations and stay within them then go for it . Myself I would get a bigger gun . :D:D

Alot of moose are killed by .308' s which don' t give much up to 30-06' s- just 100 fps and some muzzleblast. Withthat said, a 7mm-08 is almost ballistically identical to the .308 and the .260 is very close in comparison if used with 140 gr bullets. A 6.5 mm bullet will provide better penetration than a .30 bullet to boot.

If you think using a 30-06 or a magnum will help you in the event that you gutshoot the animal, stay at home until you are sure enough of your shooting skills to go hunting.

I didn' t mean any offense to you Maineah, I' m just sick of alot of people always reccommending that you should use a superduperultramagnum because of the chance of a gross shooting error when a standard caliber is adequate even with a moderate level of shooting skill.[>:]

With lighter cartridges use adequate cartridges like X-bullets or Nosler partitions and you will never have a problem. In a whitetail deer, there isn' t any heavy bones or muscle blocking the boiler room that would stop a properly designed .243 bullet from passing clean through. I know its hunting and cosmic crap happens, but I' ve seen many more wounded animals escape after being shot poorly with a more powerful cartridge than in total with lighter stuff.

7mm-08 is fine use a good bullet like the Barnes X/XLC or Fail Safe.

If you take a look at a 6.5 mm bullet, you will see that there is a whole lot of breaking up to be done before there isn' t much left of them. The Rem corelokt 140 gr 6.5 mm bullets are very long, longer than the 168gr .308 BTHP SMK' s I shoot in competition. A long narrow bullet shot at moderate velocities is going to out penetrate a thicker shorter bullet at higher velocities under most circumstances. AN interseting experiment might be to see how your .260 or 7mm-08 will penetrate wet phone books compared to a 30-06 hunting load. I' ve been considering trying that with one of my 6.5 Swedish rifles and my 30-06. I would bet that depending on the bullet designs used, they would perform as well if not better in penetration.

A little anecdote, from what I have read, the Swedish have been using the 6.5x55 (about the equivalent to the .260 REM) for hunting elk or moose for about 100 years. By all accounts its more than adequate, but the hunters must pass an anual marksmanship test in order to purchase their hunting licenses.;)

A heavier .30 bullet would no doubt give you a bit more margin for error with heavy bone, but then again a .45 bullet would be even better, it just depends on where you draw the line. I feel that bullet construction is more important, a 6.5mm or 7mm partition or x-bullet would be much more appropriate than a .30 corelokt, hollowpoint, or ballistic tip on the bigger game.