Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game .270 Winchester - Cow Moose - which bullet???

My wife is putting in for her once in a lifetime cow moose permit this year, and I am being pretty optimistic about her drawing. She shoots a .270 Winchester, but hasn't hunted since 1998 when she shot a cow elk with that rifle. I know there are alot of new bullets on the market that weren't here then. Assuming she gets out and practices and makes a good shot, what bullets would be your preference in that cartridge given the game at hand?

Thanks,

300winnie

The 160 Noz is one of my all time fav but in all honesty I'd not have one worry about using a standard cup n core like a 130 Horn either. Many good choices out there, whatever she's been using b4 will likely do her just fine.

Dober

150gr Partition would make a very good choice.

+1 or a 150 gr tsx if you handload

Whatever weight Partition shoots best in her gun. Another choice which is becoming popular in this area is to practice with Nosler BT's & hunt with Nosler Accubonds.

By the way, our last two cow elk were taken with Hornady Interlocks. The cows are not as tough to knock down as the bulls. Also, they usually show some indication of being hit, unlike their male counterparts.

Jim

150g Remington Core Loct is plenty.

If it shoots, 150 gr. NP, no worries.

maddog

The 160gn Partition is a beauty.

JW

Speer Grand Slam or Nosler Partition, and a good sharp knife.
Hornady Interlock's are freezer fillers too.

I've used Core-lokts, Interlocks, and Hot-Cors on them as well as Grand Slams, Partitions, Xs, and Failsafes, but never the 270. I can't think of many (any) reasons why one would be wrong to err with your suggestion for the 270.

I strongly agree. I hunted elk with these for years with excellent results. A lot of guys like Accubonds, but my luck with them was poor. I had one blow up in an elk.

150 or 160 Partition.

I've only seen two elk killed with the 160's, but the bullets sure acted like my 200gr Partitions out of my 30-06AI.......and I've killed two moose with that rifle.



Casey

140 gr. TTXS

130gr Nosler E Tip.

I totally agree Casey, to me the 160's in a 270 do act like the 200's in a 30 cal.

Dober

My "go-to" load for my .270 Win. is 57 gr. of Rldr-22 and a 150 gr. Partition. That's all your wife will need as well. I get about 2930 fps with that load. While I've never shot a moose with it, a friend of mine shot several years ago with his. he never had a problem. Just make sure she gets a clear shot into the lung area and keeps shooting till he goes down. That moose will head to the nearest water & you certainly want to avoid that if at all possible.
Bear in Fairbanks

Idaho and Montana moose aren't near as big as Alaska moose, and not near as hard to put down, either.

In 1988 my wife drew her first moose tag in Montana (yes, she has now drawn two), and used her .270 with the old Jack O'Connor load: 150 Nosler Partition and 58 grains of H4831. She wanted a meat bull rather than a trophy, and on opening day shot a bull with 33" antlers at about 125 yards. He was about as big as an average Shiras cow, and was quartering away slightly. At the shot the bull took one step and then folded up like a cheap card table. The bullet entered the center of the left rib cage and ended up under the hide in the right shoulder.

I have seen a few other moose shot here and there, from Montana up through Canada to Alaska, but I haven't seen any go down as quickly as that one.

I have lost track of the many hunters I have known in Alaska who used the .270 Winchester and 150 grain Nosler Partitions on moose. I think the world record Alaskan moose was killed with a .270 Winchester.

I have lost track of the many hunters I have known in Alaska who used the .270 Winchester and 150 grain Nosler Partitions on moose. I think the world record Alaskan moose was killed with a .270 Winchester.

J.B.,

I recall that you used a 9.3x62mm on your Yukon Moose. Do you think that the 270 Winchester 150 grain NP load would have worked just as well as the 9.3 Mauser on that Moose? Or was the 9.3 Mauser picked due to being in Grizzly country? Or was there another reasons involved in the choice? Just curious...