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would like to hear from folks who actually shot a moose with the 30-06 cartridge, distance of the shot, presentation of the moose, ie, broadside, face on, quartering, etc. Interested in whether it was a factory or handload cartridge and what the bullet weight and construction was.
I have a moose hunt in Alberta scheduled for next fall
 
Posts: 578 | Location: Post Falls, Idaho | Registered: 03 February 2006Reply With Quote
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My experience, 30 cal is all good
Good placement like deer and elk and moose will be a toast
 
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Broadside, 75 yards in Maine, 180 grain partition, federal. One shot ran 25 yards and fell over.
 
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Bisonhunter1, you should talk with Phil Shoemaker. He probably has more experience than anyone when it comes to using a 30-06 for Moose.

I have no experience with a 30-06 on Moose. I’ve only shot 2, one on the Alaska Peninsula with a 270 Winchester and 150 grain CoreLokt bullet. The other was a Wyoming Moose I killed with a bow & arrow.
 
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My wife's brother grew up in northern Maine, lived there all his life. He said a 30-30 was all a man needed in the Maine woods (he was baiting me to debate about my 7 mm Remington, which I acquired when we lived in Utah's Wasatch Mountains and had brought to Island Falls to hunt deer with).


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Posts: 14693 | Location: Moreno Valley CA USA | Registered: 20 November 2000Reply With Quote
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A 30-06 will do the job.


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Posts: 388 | Location: Aroostook County, Maine | Registered: 09 September 2010Reply With Quote
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30-06, 168 grain TSX 165 yards - Dead Moose, face on chest shot, stopped in rear hip. ~ 6ft of penetration.

308 Win, 168 grain TTSX 21 yards - Dead Moose Quartering to, exit wound.

Both were handloads.

Remember a 308 win is a 30-06 is a 300 Win Mag, it's just a matter of distance.

The difference between a 308 Win and a 300 Win Mag is approximately 200 yards. See #13 below.


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
Posts: 10159 | Location: Loving retirement in Boise, ID | Registered: 16 December 2003Reply With Quote
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My recommendation is handload a premium 165/168 or 180.

Keep shooting until the moose is down and enjoy the steaks.


Mike

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Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
Posts: 10159 | Location: Loving retirement in Boise, ID | Registered: 16 December 2003Reply With Quote
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150gr sierra [copy] head on between the ears.
boom,, thud.
maybe not recommended, but [shrug]
 
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180 Grain Power Point. 95 yards, broadside, no steps.
 
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I killed my WY bull with a 180 grain Spire point interlock. Hornady #3070 30/06

Shot was @ 100 yards. Broadside--no bullet recovered--pass thru. ! shot --DRT
 
Posts: 603 | Location: Colorado | Registered: 09 June 2002Reply With Quote
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180 gr corerlokts worked for me and the 06. Moose are dullards and a 30-30 kills them as good as a 375, they take hit and die when the damn well decide to!! Eeker


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