Please tell me the effect of shoulder hits whit the big bores.
I shot a spike fork bull last fall with a 416 Rem. Loaded with 350gr Barnes X @ 2705 fps. Bullet entered the chest just in front of the diaphram on the left taking out 2 ribs and exited to the right side of center out the front of the chest. When gutting, the inside of the chest was a huge blood clot, total devistation.
I think a shoulder hit with the rifles you are speaking of would ruin a whole lot of moose.
...Peter
My fathers brother who spent several years in Ontario Canada, used to hunt moose and bears with one. He got it for doing work for a fellow who owed him money back then.
Dad said that was the only rifle he ever hunted with back then, and it would cure a bad headache will quick by giving you a backache and neckache instead. It put the Deers and Muuuseys right down real quick.
I do believe that a heavy .416 or .458 bullet is not supposed to expand too much and stop too son, but instead to expand to the point that it won't interfere too much with penetration. The idea is use a bullet that can continue traveling as far as possible through large masses from any angle, broadside or not. A "fat" bullet creates a "fat" wound channel regardless of if it expands or not, but in order to maintain its path through flesh (penetration), it needs a great push forward. This "push" is provided by the great amount of powder in the case. Launch the same bullet using one-third of the total amount of powder and see how far it penetrates. Am I wrong on this assumption?
Keep in mind that the paragraph above is only my opinion.