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I hope you are going to give them Winchester SuperX PowerPoints in 180 gr. a try, your rifle may love them as mine does!

Are you shooting from 100 or 2000 yards? I would like to see pictures of the targets when you are done.

Best of luck sir!

168 ttsx or 180 game kings for me. both have performed excellent on elk and off season on paper the game Kings are moa all day long at great price. (If you reload)

My last Moose was a Cow that dressed out at 554 lbs. I shot her with Remington Core-Lokt 220 grains. Excellent performance

Worst blood shot mess I had on a Moose was with a 450 Marlin using a 350 grain Interlock

Killer Bee,

Picked up the Winchester Power Points yesterday at Cabela’s.

Next week we are heading to the range and sight in at 100 yards. Then to another range for 200 yards. I bought a new SAKO S20 and have plenty of .30-06 bullets to break in the barrel.
I’ll track each brand and bullet size/grain.
Also have a Browning X Bolt 300 WSM to try out.

Looking forward to seeing your results, what did you pay for them? For 20 years right up until Covid I was paying $28.00 per box.

With my rifle, I am about an inch high @ 100 to be dead on @ 200.

Great Moose rounds, never failed for me. 1 and Done lol

Best of luck!

180 grain partitions killed the 2 bull moose I've shot.

No complaints.

If you are worried about ruining meat on a critter with 150 lb 1/4's just don't shoot them in the ass with the partition or you could also shoot with a 223 in the eye. Then you don't have to worry about the 4 lbs of meat the partition "wasted"

I Have the Nosler 165 gr Accubond shooting great from my Tikka T3X at over 3050 fps with RL17 .

My son started sighting in the 06 for me, i was running late and the Winchester ammo was shooting really good with the SLED at 100 yards. We’re heading out again next week and start writing down what each is doing. I have a new SAKO S20 so I’ll report back with an accurate assessment.

abbydog, when are you heading to NF?

Jim,

Driving up September 28th with my brother in law; my son and his friend are flying into Deer Lake Airport on the 29th. We will pick them up Saturday morning and drive to Conne River Outfitters. I’m bringing a Browning 300 WSM and SAKO S 20 .30-06 in case the other guys guns get lost in flight!!! Never know.

Can't wait to see you with your NL moose, have you decided which cartridge you are using yet after testing several?

Hope you slam a great bull!

I used a 220 grain Nosler partition out of my 30-06 on my only moose. Bull trotted a few steps after first shot, dropped on quick follow up. It did the job but I did recover one bullet and was not impressed with weight retention (less than 50%). It surprised me as I’ve heard nothing but positive things about partitions. Hoping to hunt moose again someday. Working on loads for my 358 Win and a new to me 338 win mag…

That is surprising to hear for a premium bullet. Last year my hunting partner took a bull at 200 yards with 220gr ELD-x bullets out of a 300 win mag. For a fragile cup and core bullet it did pretty good. Busting two shoulders and bullet came to rest on the offside. If i recall the recovered bullet weighed 120gr.

The front half of a NP is supposed to act like a soft point until it expands to the partition. This gives it predictable expansion.

You might be better off with a Barnes X if you want higher weight retention.

The moose on NL are typically smaller than what you would see out west

Hi SuperCub, yes I am aware, here is a comparison of a big Alberta Moose vs. a big NL moose, which I found on the internet

Newfoundland Moose



Alberta Moose

You'd think a 220gr NP would retain more than 50% though. I have a pile of 220's at home, I'll have to give them a try someday.

I have killed every moose I have killed with Winchester SuperX in 180 grain, 1 and done.

The only moose I put two rounds into was when I dropped a moose with a frontal shot as soon as he came up a valley @ 150'ish yards, I called him in.

He dropped immediately, I took the second shot only because I wanted to make sure he was dead because I did not want him to get up and head back down the valley, which would have created a lot of unnecessary work dragging him uphill, had he got up and headed back down the valley.

We got the side by side, drove up to him, quartered him loaded him, and back at camp before noon for beers followed by a tenderloin BBQ.

Best BBQed dinner I ever had in my life!

That’s a big NF moose. Heading back to the range today to sight in more closely. So far I like the Winchester’s in the 06. I’ll follow up with a report.