For many years of back-up while guiding I used a 77 tanger in 300WM with a Leupold fixed 3x. In those days I thought the bullet sun rose and set in a small central Oregon town... or some small Idaho burg struggling to cross the line.
The rifle now gets handed around as a loaner, often for extended periods of time, and has left a hefty blood trail in a good number of places... It loves the TTSX line-up...
These days I use a custom-stocked 700 in 30-06 with a Vortex 4-16x44HS for most everything of size. It has worked well for the last several bull moose with 168gr TTSX.
This year I decided to start stretching things to see how far I had to go to catch a TTSX. Looks like a 700 in 7-08 with 145 gr TTSX in a bull moose can get it done! Just takes a raking shot through the ribs, spine, off-side scapula, a bunch of meat, and a piece of really thick hide to catch one!
Moose died.
