Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 6.5x55 for Moose? Really?

Did it once, four times - the 6.5x55 on an Alaskan bull at around 150 yards. He got two Partitions and two A-Frames, 140s all. The shots were well spaced in time due to several other animals he was mingling with and "re-acquiring/verifying" the original target was needed. All shots were lethal; through the lungs, but all included the meaty part around the leg area on one side or both. No big bones were hit. The Noslers made it to the farside hide. The A-Frames stayed in the meat of the offside leg.



I was not much impressed and prefer the 30-06 or better for the big guys we generally kill. The bullets seemed to work well. If I were to use the same rifle again on moose, I'd undoubtedly use expanding solids of some type.