I am planning on taking my 270 win moose hunting this year, and I have a good load that I use for deer hunting and have so far 2 bang flops. Its quite accurate approx. 1" groups at 100yrds. I am using 140 grain Nosler Accubonds, will these bullets be good enough to drop a moose, I will only have a calf tag.

I recently sold a spare .338WM to someone who had used his .270 for moose for many years. His only complaint was the fact that he could never get them to go down quick enough to keep them from running into the lake, pond or river. He said it would kill them eventually, but he got tired of always having to go moose fishing! It's probably not an issue on a smaller calf though.

150 grain Partition. You need maximum penetration with maximum expansion. This will deliver and smash through any bones in it's path.

Just make sure you shoot him in the boiler room and that moose is gonna die. Moose are relatively easy to kill, after you make the shot try calling again and he will often come back without running so far away.

the chef

With a 270 I would use some type of 150 gr premium bullet. A Nosler Partition, A Frame, Bearclaw, Barnes X, or Failsafe. Even on a calf if you hit a big bone one the way in or have to take a raking shot you will be much better off. I have not shot a moose, but I have helped gut and butcher 2 bulls in knee and thigh deep water. Not a plesant task.
I know it is only a calf, but a premium bullet is a good idea, money well spent.

Just curious, what other bigger rifle do you have?

Thats the biggest calibre gun I have, the shot placement is not an issue if the moose steps out between 0-300 yrds he's gettin it. It'2 just the accubond, out to 300 yrds is not a problem for me

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Originally posted by Ranger66:
I am planning on taking my 270 win moose hunting this year, and I have a good load that I use for deer hunting and have so far 2 bang flops. Its quite accurate approx. 1" groups at 100yrds. I am using 140 grain Nosler Accubonds, will these bullets be good enough to drop a moose, I will only have a calf tag.

Yeah, that'll kill a calf no prob, if your shot is on.

Make sure you go for the boiler room. a fellow hunting with us 2 year's ago. made a shoulder shot at 175 yd's on a bull moose and the nosler partition gold did not go through the shoulder.

He was also using a 270 win.

better use 150 gr. n.p., not an ideal caliber for that application...

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Originally posted by cold zero:
better use 150 gr. n.p., not an ideal caliber for that application...

Cold Zero,

He only has a calf tag. That means 300 pounds. What about the .270 won't kill a 300 lbs animal?

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Originally posted by Richard Wayne:
Make sure you go for the boiler room. a fellow hunting with us 2 year's ago. made a shoulder shot at 175 yd's on a bull moose and the nosler partition gold did not go through the shoulder.

Why did he shoot into the shoulder, when the lungs were right there? That seems foolish to me. Lungs = easy kill Break shoulder---===--unsure of results

Your buddy fucked up, ,I'd say

m96;

i did not read the last sentence, couple of words in his initial post. i read moose.

for calf, sure it is fine. for moose not so fine.

The way things are going there will soon be nothing that will kill a moose.

I've seen plenty of moose killed with a .270 and just plain old 130gr bullets. Full size adult moose not just calves. Moose aint that tough, put any bullet in the lungs and they walk 50yds, laydown and die.

This premium bullet crap is getting out of hand. Why do poeple have to take all these stupid shots from any angle and wonder why they wound and loose animals, premium bullet or plain, don't seem to matter. The bullet does what it is supposed to, it's the jerk behind the trigger that take shots they shouldn't, half the hunters out there should have their asses kicked.

I agree with you Oscar.
It is a bunch crap. I have heard all of the reasons for not using ballistic tips on large game. You can only use big calibers and premium bullets. Elephant puffs! My Remington 7400 .270 has killed moose with one shot that weighed as much as 1300 pounds using 140 gr. ballistic tips at ranges around 75 yards. And they dropped in there tracks. Granted, they are hand loads.
I don't care what you are using, if you hit them in the boiler room, they arn't going far.
I just came off of a moose hunt in New Brunswick. They bull we got was estimated at 950 lbs live weight. The shot was a 40 yards shot with my .270. The moose was on the ground within 5 seconds and dead within 20 seconds. Not bad for a bullet that is supposed to be no good on big game.

So Ranger66, use the bullet you are comfortable with in the caliber you are comfortable with and shoot the moose behind the front shoulder about 1/3 the way up the body and enjoy your moose meat.

Coyote Jack

You wil be fine...

I'm seriously considering taking my 30-30.


As a backup to my 45-70

"Moose aint that tough, put any bullet in the lungs and they walk 50yds, laydown and die."

Mirrors my thoughts exactly. It's shot placement and bullet construction that count. An old moose hunter that I know here in the valley has put down more moose than I'll ever see. Additionally, his two sons and wife have put down many more when hunting with him. His gun? A Ruger 77 in .308. He had a .338 for a while but got rid of it because he said that it didn't make any difference, as a moose well hit would walk off about 50 yards and lay down and die as his lungs filled with blood, regardless of the gun/calibre.