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300 LRH & 236 gr Chinchaga bullets vs moose
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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 1151556" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>We waited until 12:30 pm so the Post Office would have the mail sorted and in the po boxes ..... Gave It one last try but the 30 cal Hornady ELD-X bullets didn't show up... </p><p>PLAN B !</p><p>My daughter drew a winter cow moose tag for Nov thru Dec 25th and the plan was to test the 220 gr Hornady ELD-X bullets on moose at 100 yards or less, with a shoulder shot in order to determine it's potential effectiveness at short range....... in the event of a bear encounter while moose hunting where shooting the bear was unavoidable , </p><p>but the bullets never showed ..... her tag expires on Christmas Day and we had 2.5 days left to hunt ........ Plan B was to use the Chinchaga 236 gr RBT ULD ST bullets, in my recent load developement and shooting session they were so freakishly accurate with all powder charges from starting to max loads, I have never seen that with any bullet in my 27 years of reloading ammunition ..... My last 3 shot test load consisted of 100 gr RL 50 and averaged 3146 fps for the three rounds, with the sub moa groups we experienced it was definately going moose hunting ....</p><p></p><p>Around 2pm we came across a bedded moose about 200 yards off the trail, I figured we'd just walk towards it until it stood up and let it rip, Couldn't get a closer look as I'd left my bino's on the kitchen table ... (yep, always something ! ) As we were about to go I decided to "scope" it with the Burris XTRll at 15x and found out that it was a fork horned bull with skinny twig like antlers , a legal bull in Aug/Sept but her draw tag was for cow moose ..... Dang ! Moving on ..... a short time later my daughter spotted a moose around 60-80 yards and it was a cow </p><p></p><p>While we set up I told her to place the reticle just off the shoulder and about a third of the way up to lung shoot the moose so It won't run further off the trail, it worked !</p><p>at 2:31 pm (7 hrs ago now) she sent that bullet exactly where we talked about placing it and the cow stumbled and crashed !</p><p>60 yard shot and I got it on video ! By 5:10 pm (2 hrs 40 min) I had the moose skinned, gutted, quartered and in the back of my truck ! Packed out the 8 pcs on my back and got the hide out too, 9 trips total !</p><p>A good workout in 4* temps, my lungs were on fire !</p><p></p><p>Muzzle velocity 3146 fps 5183 ft lbs energy</p><p>60 yards impact 3058 fps 4900 ft lbs</p><p></p><p>I no longer own the 300 Long Range Hunter rifle .....</p><p>my daughter claims it's hers now ! She turned 16 in Sept and I was out moose hunting ! time to pay my dues , lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 1151556, member: 2460"] We waited until 12:30 pm so the Post Office would have the mail sorted and in the po boxes ..... Gave It one last try but the 30 cal Hornady ELD-X bullets didn't show up... PLAN B ! My daughter drew a winter cow moose tag for Nov thru Dec 25th and the plan was to test the 220 gr Hornady ELD-X bullets on moose at 100 yards or less, with a shoulder shot in order to determine it's potential effectiveness at short range....... in the event of a bear encounter while moose hunting where shooting the bear was unavoidable , but the bullets never showed ..... her tag expires on Christmas Day and we had 2.5 days left to hunt ........ Plan B was to use the Chinchaga 236 gr RBT ULD ST bullets, in my recent load developement and shooting session they were so freakishly accurate with all powder charges from starting to max loads, I have never seen that with any bullet in my 27 years of reloading ammunition ..... My last 3 shot test load consisted of 100 gr RL 50 and averaged 3146 fps for the three rounds, with the sub moa groups we experienced it was definately going moose hunting .... Around 2pm we came across a bedded moose about 200 yards off the trail, I figured we'd just walk towards it until it stood up and let it rip, Couldn't get a closer look as I'd left my bino's on the kitchen table ... (yep, always something ! ) As we were about to go I decided to "scope" it with the Burris XTRll at 15x and found out that it was a fork horned bull with skinny twig like antlers , a legal bull in Aug/Sept but her draw tag was for cow moose ..... Dang ! Moving on ..... a short time later my daughter spotted a moose around 60-80 yards and it was a cow While we set up I told her to place the reticle just off the shoulder and about a third of the way up to lung shoot the moose so It won't run further off the trail, it worked ! at 2:31 pm (7 hrs ago now) she sent that bullet exactly where we talked about placing it and the cow stumbled and crashed ! 60 yard shot and I got it on video ! By 5:10 pm (2 hrs 40 min) I had the moose skinned, gutted, quartered and in the back of my truck ! Packed out the 8 pcs on my back and got the hide out too, 9 trips total ! A good workout in 4* temps, my lungs were on fire ! Muzzle velocity 3146 fps 5183 ft lbs energy 60 yards impact 3058 fps 4900 ft lbs I no longer own the 300 Long Range Hunter rifle ..... my daughter claims it's hers now ! She turned 16 in Sept and I was out moose hunting ! time to pay my dues , lol [/QUOTE]
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