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Anyone used a 35 Rem on Moose or Elk?

Trying to decide between a Marlin 35 Rem or 45-70. Thinking a 35 will do the trick with the 220 Speer without knocking me out of my canoe:) Anyone with experience on the big deer in these calibers? Thanks.

I use a 35 remy on hogs and deer and would not feel under gunned on moose & elk at 100 yds or less. After that I don't think it has the oomph needed for the big boys. I have shot southern whitetails at 200+ and dropped them with no problem.
The 45-70 with stout handloads will kill anything out there-on both ends.

Our head guide at our place in Maine uses an old Remington 141(?) in 35 Remington as his moose & bear gun. Works for him. jorge

I've killed ONE moose at exactly 250 steps with the 220 speer bullet out of a .356 win at about 2300 FPS muzzle speed. Hit twice, one through a rib and one lung, liver, and exited. The other through the backbone, just behind the shoulder blade. Exited. Expansion looked OK on the liver shot. Based on a sample of one, I'd say the .35 Rem would be OK with those bullets on moose at 100 yards or so. Definitely not a longer range outfit, it should be good for typical moose hunting in the bush.

Killed my first moose with a Win .30-30 with 170 grain slug at maybe 70 yards. Wasn't a bang-flop with that double lung shot, but he only went about 50 yards.

I've since killed 18-20 moose with 12 ga. slug, .243, .30-06, .270, .338 Mag. Last year I carried my .260- just for the hell of it- but the moose had other ideas... It had worked just fine on caribou, elk, and wolf the year before....

Appropriate range and bullet placement with the .35 is a done deal.

I've seen it done a couple times while guiding. Both were one shot kills using factory 200gr. ammo out of an old marlin lever action. Both shots were under 100yds.