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hunting moose with which caliber??
20 October 2009, 17:46
yeshunting moose with which caliber??
it is a really hard time for hunters now!! the beast are becoming more and more imune to the bullets

and 223 can't kill even a little deer.the 300 ultra mag and weatherby barely enough for the task. 223rem with around 1300 fpe at muzzle is good only for coyote or jack rabbits. concidering a moose can weigh more than 5 to even ten times than a little deer. i suggest we should move to 50 BMG for moose hunting

because a 458 win mag has only 4-5 times energy of a 223 and coulden't be enough for the task. please give me your opinion.
cheers
yes
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20 October 2009, 19:06
bartsche
Too much Aquavit!

roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
20 October 2009, 19:13
stillbeemanAnd we're off and running.
The guys go and spend a whole bunch of money for their "black guns" so's they can go to the range and go pop pop pop and look kewl in their black ninji suits and after a while they get tired of that and say "wonder if we can go kill something".

A.k.a. Bwana One-Shot
20 October 2009, 22:28
900 SSIf the word spread to the moose around here we'll se a lot of 6,5*55 and 308's for sale.
25 October 2009, 16:08
seafire2lets see,
we have an Arabic guy asking about Moose hunting in Sweden....
the world sure has changed...
you usually don't think of an Arab and a moose in the same sentence...
but YES, you're a good guy...
good luck on bagging a moose..
I need to get out of hooterville oregon more often it seems...
25 October 2009, 17:57
rolltopHells bells, I've killed thousands of moose with a .223!
25 October 2009, 19:29
TC1quote:
Originally posted by rolltop:
Hells bells, I've killed thousands of moose with a .223!
That would be
many thousands! I know because I saw it on TV. They said a ninja suit was optional.

Terry

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25 October 2009, 20:57
yesmy very dearre friend mister seafire
well majority of swedish people are eating arabian made BIZZA(it is the same as piza we have the monopole of pizzaria in sweden

) and warm their house with arabial oil

.
it woulden't be wrong if an arabian swed hunt a original swdish moose

,
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
25 October 2009, 22:24
kayakerquote:
lets see,
we have an Arabic guy asking about Moose hunting in Sweden....
the world sure has changed...
you usually don't think of an Arab and a moose in the same sentence...
but YES, you're a good guy...
WTF?

26 October 2009, 11:44
seafire2quote:
Originally posted by kayaker:
quote:
lets see,
we have an Arabic guy asking about Moose hunting in Sweden....
the world sure has changed...
you usually don't think of an Arab and a moose in the same sentence...
but YES, you're a good guy...
WTF?
they call that humor Kayaker..I am sure they have that in South Africa...
I was more commenting on the rural conventionality of the boring little town I live in.....and my need to get out and see more of the world at times...
26 October 2009, 13:34
yesmy dearre friend mister kayaker
please speak white

that all can understand what are you saying

yes
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
27 October 2009, 05:02
MickinColoIt looks like there is a language translation software problem here. Don't get worked up over it (Mad).
27 October 2009, 09:32
SR4759Yes,
You should get a lot of practice for shot placement with your 50 BMG on Swedish jackrabbits before you try to take a moose.
27 October 2009, 12:51
yesnobody is making hunting rifle in 50 BMG

it is time to begin with some thing bigger than average hunting rounds. fourtunately the swedish moose are not yet imune to the standard calibers and 6,5x55 still kills more than ½ of them each year and the rest is done with such anemic calibers like 308 and 3006

. here in sweden we have a hunting test and guys don't get a gun and hunting licens before being able to shoot right at runing moose in the heart at 90 yards moving target

maybe it is the reason that 6,5x55 still is good for moose hunting

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
27 October 2009, 16:05
Dr. Lou
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27 October 2009, 21:56
JonPquote:
Hells bells, I've killed thousands of moose with a .223!
Well...I killed me one last year with a spit ball and a soda straw!!!!

04 November 2009, 03:58
MoorepowerThere is another post on AR, where it takes a 270 to kill a DOG, and a 223 and a 243 will not kill in one shot, so I would suggest an RPG?
04 November 2009, 04:08
Idaho SharpshooterMost of my experience with the 223 was in Southeast Asia. Nobody there ever complained the I did not use enough cartridge to kill him...
Rich
04 November 2009, 04:13
stillbeemanI understand that Shoemaker is accepting booking from guys that want to use a .223 with a 1/6 barrel and 87gr magic bullets for grizzlies. He won't be with you during the hunt but he'll drop you off for a DIY hunt.
Close to where Timothy used to hang out.

04 November 2009, 04:16
stillbeemanIf you look at the track record of the .223 and its rifles in asia, it was the most pee poor battle weapon ever dumped on the American fighting man.
04 November 2009, 07:04
bartschequote:
Originally posted by stillbeeman:
If you look at the track record of the .223 and its rifles in asia, it was the most pee poor battle weapon ever dumped on the American fighting man.

Too True

roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..