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Don't think about it too much. Use what you're comfortable with. Many a moose were taken with much less than what you are going with. Load one up and knock em down!
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery - Thomas Jefferson
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Well….The 120 TSX drilled and killed. Lots of good eats to chaw on. Glad it all worked out.
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After 25 years, I finally drew a moose tag here in NB, Canada. Shooting a 22" 7 Saum. I have 160 AB, 160 FailSafe, 162 ELD-X, and AMax, as well as 175 ELD-X here on the shelf, and RL-22, RL-26, H4831 SC, H4350. Shots are likely to be close, with the odd chance out to 300m or so. I kinda think 160 AB and 4350 is probably the easy button, but I'd love to hear what works for you. Hot damn! Congrats! The 160 AB and 4350 is the recipe in my 7SAUM. Mine too.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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Any moose is a good moose.  Congrats! truth! I cut up a small bull moose last night for a fellow. He pasted it with a 358Winchester loaded with 225gr Sierra. Moose was at 50 yds standing looking right on to the shooter. POI was in the middle of the chest. Found the bullet in the rear ham. That's pretty good penetration.
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Any moose is a good moose. Congrats! truth! I cut up a small bull moose last night for a fellow. He pasted it with a 358Winchester loaded with 225gr Sierra. Moose was at 50 yds standing looking right on to the shooter. POI was in the middle of the chest. Found the bullet in the rear ham. That's pretty good penetration. That 225 Sierra in a 358 or Whelen is some sorta fast killing on deer. Seems like it worked excellent on moose too!
Semper Fi
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Any moose is a good moose. Congrats! truth! I cut up a small bull moose last night for a fellow. He pasted it with a 358Winchester loaded with 225gr Sierra. Moose was at 50 yds standing looking right on to the shooter. POI was in the middle of the chest. Found the bullet in the rear ham. That's pretty good penetration. That 225 Sierra in a 358 or Whelen is some sorta fast killing on deer. Seems like it worked excellent on moose too! Yep Scotty, only sierra’s I like, they Are killin bastards in both chamberings👊🏻
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Yeah. If I’m loading for deer, those get first pitch these days.
Semper Fi
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They damn nice on bulls too
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Alaska-Yukon moose are the biggest of the breed, and the only ones I've ever shot - 20 something. .243, 30-30, .270, 30-06, .338WM, and 12 ga slugs have all worked. I'm itching to try the .260...or maybe the 7X57.
Shot placement (and good bullet construction- not necessarily premium- which I've gotten away from,) is the key.
Don't over-think it.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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I took a moose with my 300 wsm. I had 150g ttsxs at 3350 loaded for closer shots and 208g amaxes loaded for longer range. That rifle shoots very different loads about the same poi. I ended up just using the 150ttsx even though the shot was 547 yards. It shot through it diagonally as it quartered towards me. It worked. I don't usually run monos but thought it would ruin less moose meat on a close shot.
With a 7 saum a 160 accubond at 2900 is tough to beat. I've killed deer with 162 amaxes at over 400 yards from a 7 wsm and the bullets came pretty much all apart. It worked but I don't think I'd want to run one into a moose shoulder up close. I also had a 150 eldx blow up on a cow elk at just under 200 yards from an 18" 7-08 that was only loaded to 2650 mv. Quartering away it only made it about 4" into the first lung. The second shot to the neck dropped it. I've since switched to the 180 eld at 2550 thinking it will penetrate better. I've now got 9 boxes of 150s to find a use for.
Bb
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