Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 308 Win w/185 Berger on Elk and Moose?

I've shot a few elk and moose with a few different .308 rifles and bullets. The .308 is one of my all time favourite cartridges. Of all the available .308" elk and moose bullets on the market, in my opinion, Bergers would rank close to the bottom of the whole lot. Elk and moose are not whitetail deer or similar fragile creatures. They have heavy bones, that i've seen stop better bullets than Bergers long before they get to the vitals. Both elk and moose are large animals, with big vitals that do not require the ultimate in accurate shot placement. I will pick performance IN game over performance ON paper every time when hunting elk or moose. I'd rather hunt with lowly 180 gr. Federal Fusion, or Remington Core lokt, or Winchester Power point than a 185 gr. Berger. But I prefer a better bonded core bullet, or copper hollow point, or dual core bullet. In a stronger bullet design lighter weight is OK, a 165gr. is a good middle ground. It's hunting not target shooting.