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Help me decide: Minimum caliber for larger NA game
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<blockquote data-quote="BwanaObie" data-source="post: 2439262" data-attributes="member: 120835"><p>Dgascho, I have to agree with K. No need to be exotic in what you're looking for. Jack O'Connor's favorite did every thing he asked of it meaning his beloved 270 Win. A good number of years ago when I got back from operations overseas I was out hunting in the Panther River and Ya Ha Tinda area of Alberta with a pocket full of tags. Presently a nice young bull moose came into view across a slight canyon of dead ground. It was a cold and crisp November morning with not a detectable breeze between the bull and myself. </p><p></p><p>Sighted in for 250 yards with a good rest I held just over the back of the paused animal and touched off a 130 grain Remington High Energy partition. At the shot the bull leaped straight up and landed facing the exact direction he'd been coming from. The animal stood there for about 15 seconds, then began to shake and slowly toppled over on his side - crushing a 20 foot spruce tree that was close by. When we come-a-longed the bull onto his back for skinning and butchering I felt his hide on the opposite side and sure enough - there was a small bulge 2/3 of the way down just behind the shoulders. The 130 grain 270 slug had perfectly mushroomed, taking out the veins and top of the heart and ended bulging out on the hide of the opposite side. The range was a measured 625 yards! That old 270 cartridge with modern bullets had again proven itself most capable if the nut behind the gun did his part. Love that fine, ageless 270 Winchester cartridge...!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BwanaObie, post: 2439262, member: 120835"] Dgascho, I have to agree with K. No need to be exotic in what you're looking for. Jack O'Connor's favorite did every thing he asked of it meaning his beloved 270 Win. A good number of years ago when I got back from operations overseas I was out hunting in the Panther River and Ya Ha Tinda area of Alberta with a pocket full of tags. Presently a nice young bull moose came into view across a slight canyon of dead ground. It was a cold and crisp November morning with not a detectable breeze between the bull and myself. Sighted in for 250 yards with a good rest I held just over the back of the paused animal and touched off a 130 grain Remington High Energy partition. At the shot the bull leaped straight up and landed facing the exact direction he'd been coming from. The animal stood there for about 15 seconds, then began to shake and slowly toppled over on his side - crushing a 20 foot spruce tree that was close by. When we come-a-longed the bull onto his back for skinning and butchering I felt his hide on the opposite side and sure enough - there was a small bulge 2/3 of the way down just behind the shoulders. The 130 grain 270 slug had perfectly mushroomed, taking out the veins and top of the heart and ended bulging out on the hide of the opposite side. The range was a measured 625 yards! That old 270 cartridge with modern bullets had again proven itself most capable if the nut behind the gun did his part. Love that fine, ageless 270 Winchester cartridge...! [/QUOTE]
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