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

I'll try to remember, but hormones do tend to make one impulsive!

Thanks guys for all the input.

You sure have given me some things to consider.

Thanks,

Jim

For a second, I thought you meant.....impotent.....lol.

65BR,
Impotent? I didn't even imply it. I hope you weren't taking it personal....lol

The 'impotent' comment was for John G's post,

"I'll try to remember, but hormones do tend to make one impulsive!"

65BR - "hormones"? That only happens when she's not paid! (drum roll please. Regards, Homesteader.

Well JB, if you do draw, that 45 Colt will definately work

Gotta love that pic- save pics and the post along time back, going to AK in 5 wks w/my sons to my cousins near Glacier Bay, fishing, sight seeing, etc. but will be plotting my next trip to go hunting.

My plan is to use a mild 6.5mm if I cannot get a close shot with either a 41 or 45.

For those interested in GSSP's hunt:

http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2911043/m/638101239?r=740102239#740102239

GSSP,

That's a very nice bull you have there. Since you bagged it with a pistola, you have just obsoleted any notion that the 6.5x55 is not enough for moose. Very well done!

CLB

FWIW, the "puny little" 45 Colt shooting heavy, hard cast bullets easily out-penetrates the Swede. Have and use both, and it's no secret. Obviously the Swede is easier to use properly at 200 yards however. Again, it's not whether the 6.5 can "do" a moose; the 223 is well proven. That doesn't make either as good as something a bit bigger.

I killed a 400 lb hog with a 6.5 using one well placed (ear) 140 gr SGK.

My Gf shot a large cow moose two days ago using my swede and 130 grain accubonds. Slightly quartering away, through chest, found under hide far side. Went 100 yards and laid down.

Three of the guys from camp went out for some meat and came upon a good bull. Two shot their 7RM and a 444 into the Moose which sauntered into a nearby lake. Buddy no3. fires once with his 250 Savage and drops the Moose in about three feet of water. Would the Moose have gone down anyway? Probably, is the 250 Savage the better Moose cartridge? Not likely but that little rifle a 340 Savage in the hands of a local accounted for untold numbers of Moose, even more caribou and several brown and polar bears. This in addition to keeping most of the village in seal skins. Not sure about walrus but most likely some of them too.

Would the Swede be my first choice? Probably not but might be my second choice.

Alaska is full of old-timer Swedes (the people) shooting old time Swedes (the rifle) at moose, bears, whatnot.

Its a proven killer on just about everything.

Where was this "elk" taken?

I think it was at the "Elk Song Ranch" in Oregon but not 100% sure.

I believe the world record Yukon moose was taken with a 303 British which was the go-to round for moose in Canada for decades. I don't think the 6.5x55 is quite as good but it's not bad. GD

Don't be surprised when threads like this get paraded around by Mutt Liar*, Giyle Kang*, and Chock Todd* as proof that real Americans obviously need nothing more that "a" rifle in their battery, and perhaps that no one should own anything larger than .265" caliber.



*...don't need Google searches for the correct spellings pulling this up. Thanks

David,
120gr NBT and 39grs of Varget for me printed a 3 shot group smaller than .280 @ 100. I still have a box of 130gr Barnes and 140gr Berger's that I haven't gotten around to developing loads for because of this load.

HaYen