Originally Posted by rost495
Originally Posted by APDDSN0864
Originally Posted by BCJR
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by AkMtnHntr
30-06 has probably slayed more moose in Alaska than any other caiber.

+1.
I will bet the '06 has killed more bears too.

^^^^^^^^^^^^ is your answer. Even if it may not be what you want to hear,


Mike McDonald, retired chief biologist for ADF&G, once told me that more brown and grizzly bears were killed in defense of life & property (DLP) with a .30-06 and 180gr cup & core bullets than any other combo. This was based on the necropsies and reports that have to be filed with ADF&G on every DLP case.

If the OP is comfortable with a .300WM, I say go forth, buy a stainless/synthetic .300WM, put a good 3-9x on it, load it with premium 180gr bullets and go kill stuff. My surrogate Dad killed several Interior Grizzlies, and I don't know how many moose, with his Colt-Sauer .300WM and dropped them all without issue.

Ed


Colt sauer.... you ain't right... I still dream of one of those...

BTW don't run 180 partitions at 300 mag speeds, I had a lot of issues with nothing much left of them, one even failed to break a white tails neck at only about 125 yards once... JB then told me 180s were 06 bullets 200 partitions where 300 mag bullets... but I had found barnes in the meantime. LOL.


So a 180 NP at ~ 3k fps failed to break a white tails neck?