Coyote to Moose

6.5x55 can go from rabbits to moose and even brown bear if your crazy.

270. The 110 grain bullet is a good varmit round. The 150 grainer is a good moose round.

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.270 Win. with good shot placement I have heard of people successfully taking down moose with one.

DM--that's an amazing piece. I can't argue with a fine drilling as the ultimate "do all" gun.

Love the drilling. If I truly could only own one gun, I would get one like that.

I use a 7.62X45R Czeck FMJ's through a Sako M-39, from Wolves to Moose, Musk Ox to Caribou, sheep and such.

Pretty darn effective for me other than that a .22LR is just fine

For your consideration, the .35 Whelen. Top end loads are proven performers and, with current powders, you can duplicate any of the .35 caliber cartridges down to a .38 Special. If nothing else, machine a few chamber adapters and actually shoot .38 Specials.

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7.62X54R is one of my favorite round's, but for sure it's too big for the small wyle coyote's we have here in south Texas. (I am refering to the heavier grained SP loads.)

I'm going to be different and say 6.5-06. I'd just use 140gr. bullets for everything.

honorable mention:
.240 wby.
.25-06 rem.
.270 win.
.280 rem.

Another vote for the 30-06.

I'd say a 30-06.

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~~LOL!!~~ 7.62X54R as opposed to 7.62X45... I guess I hunt with a Mosin, not a Czeck SHe Rifle ~~LOL!!~~

I use a 338 Winchester Magnum. That's what I have used on coyotes, deer and also moose when I lived in Alaska. When I bought it I figured if it will kill African game it will take anything smaller which covers everything in North America.

I have an old .280 Remington auto - 1956 or 7 model - pretty nice and shoots well- but if i had to choose just one - my Browning Safari 30-06 would have to stay. Easy to find ammo - lots of ammo choices - accurate, powerful, good-look'in.

I've got three hunting rifles:
30-06 bolt action with 4X scope
30-30 lever action with 2.5X scope
45-70 lever action with XS sights (my newest hunting rifle)

Of the three, without a doubt, I see the 30-06 as the most general. If someone wants a 308 instead of a 30-06 I'd say fine as for all practical purposes they are the same cartridge.

The other two exist only because I have really come to love lever actions. I like to alternate them when hunting just so I take them all out. I really wish I didn't like them so much but I do.

What's also funny is that my father in law (30 years ago) settle on two hunting rifles: a 30-06 and a 30-30. I found that to be funny since those were my two choices before I recently obtained a 45-70.

What makes a bullet a killing bullet if its ability to penetrate. Fat or thin, it makes no difference. What you want to do is to punch a bit of metal deeply or completely though the animal you are trying to kill.

So what penetrates best? It's a long, hard bullet launched fast enough to push the bullet into the animal's vitals. Therefore long skinny bullets placed into the most vulnerable parts of the beast are the most deadly. So what are they?

Well we all know the stories. But what we can agree on it's the bullet that makes the difference. So push a 30 caliber non-expanding bullet into the brain of an elephant and you will kill him. Or a hard 416 into the flank of a cape buff. Or a 45 bullet into an American Buffalo.

.308

I can find the ammo anywhere - cheap. It has as much (or as little) power as needed - especially with today's bullets and fancy powders. Short action, light recoil (I am getting older), light weight (love my Kimber 84M), and a light compact scope (Nikon Monarch 2 - 7x).

If you have what it takes (tolerance for pain, shooting skills, money, time to practice a lot, can read the wind, ...) get a fancy 7mm or 300 mag - reach way out and take one down.

In Southern MN where we must use shotguns, I am shooting a Benelli 20ga semi. The new slugs have as much power as a 45/70 and the slugs are amazingly deadly.

Coyotes to moose?

308 here.



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30-06

I don't own a 300 WinMag but they are very popular. I shot my friend's Blazier 300 Mag and found it uncomfortable to shoot, much too much gun to have fun plinking and shooting beer cans with, but still a fine hunter.

I've been wonderhing how well a 300 mag loads down? Since I'm a hand loader, at least for rifles, I tinker with light loads sometimes (one must however be careful, as light loads can blow a good gun to bits).

Seems that a 300 mag loaded to 308 pressures would be just the ticket for most hunting. For the big bear shoot a hot load. The diff between a 30-06 and a 300 WinMag is about 150 fps. Is that really all that much diff? I think the recoil is, or is it just me?

The 30-06 is never a bad choice.

I like the .300 WM because of it's trajectory and range. As for downloading, that's why I shoot the .308 most often. Being that I have both calibers, .308 and .300WM, it makes little sense for me to obtain a 30-06 in that both of the calibers I already own will pretty much do what the '06 will do, and in some cases, and more.

BikerRN

I love my 06 but my 7mm mauser can do it too