Heya Luke, wowsa, congrats on the moose!! Youre in good company with the ole 7mm caliber. I remember reading an article in one of the reloading manuals, written by John Nosler Sr. He wrote that the next partition he put together, was for his 7mm mag, and the that 7mm rifles were always his favorite. I've never heard of a chassis rifle, what the heck is that?!
Can't rember where I read it, but a guy was talking last year on one of these forums, that he put a 225 grain swift a-frame through a small bull moose. Lay there for a good while, then when he go close, darn bull popped right up ready for a fight! I'd bet that would work better than coffee.
Anyhoo, time to shift gears to mileing up dogs. Been running morning and night circuits all week, finally cold enough. Hopefully by fall time, these jack a$$es start following their gee and haww commands round here, or else I'll have to borrow a chassis rifle for one of em.........
HAHA....exactly. Kinda proves my point. It went right through and left great exit hole through the lungs but hit a bit low so they didn't filll up as well. Where as a 243 hit perfectly in the lungs it would have been a non issue. He wasn't exactly ready to fight though he was pretty wobbly legged....not exactly an exciting thing. Placement is first and foremost certainly, I still maintain that moose aren't hard to kill as most standard cartridges used will work. Most often than not if someone asks if such as such cartridge will work my usual reply is "yup that'll work too" hardly need a 250-350 grain bullet to kill these things, but again... yup those will work too.
Good luck to ya this winter with the dog. I am sure you'll keep them guys in line for sure.
