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<blockquote data-quote="Ak_Hobie" data-source="post: 2626395" data-attributes="member: 115613"><p>I shoot a 338 win mag with federal premium safari 250 gr nosler and have taken moose from 10 to 250 yds. I've only shot three in the lungs and it usually drops them in their tracks. The other 20ish we're head shots and you can guess what that does. I hunt areas with lots of brown bears and all but one guy I hunt with has upgraded from 270's or '06 to 338 wm after seeing what it does. If I didn't pack the 338 it would be the 375 due to the bears. Moose are not usually hard animals to kill but they can fluff up like a crack addict occasionally. I have a buddy who has a pair of pants hanging in his garage ripped buy an antler from the middle of the back of the thigh to the belt line after being tossed over a stump by a moose. It was originally dropped with a '06 and "finished off" with a 223 he carried in his 180. Long story short, he was waiting for hooves in his back when the third guy shot it with a 270 and put it down. He also had a client empty a 300 win mag on a moose they never found. I also had one I shot 7 times in the neck with a 7mm mag before it dropped. It was at 30 yds and I could see every bullet hit (obviously not spine). The moral of the story is that lots of energy is good when things don't always go perfectly. That's reality and why I like the 338 or 375.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ak_Hobie, post: 2626395, member: 115613"] I shoot a 338 win mag with federal premium safari 250 gr nosler and have taken moose from 10 to 250 yds. I’ve only shot three in the lungs and it usually drops them in their tracks. The other 20ish we’re head shots and you can guess what that does. I hunt areas with lots of brown bears and all but one guy I hunt with has upgraded from 270’s or ‘06 to 338 wm after seeing what it does. If I didn’t pack the 338 it would be the 375 due to the bears. Moose are not usually hard animals to kill but they can fluff up like a crack addict occasionally. I have a buddy who has a pair of pants hanging in his garage ripped buy an antler from the middle of the back of the thigh to the belt line after being tossed over a stump by a moose. It was originally dropped with a ‘06 and “finished off” with a 223 he carried in his 180. Long story short, he was waiting for hooves in his back when the third guy shot it with a 270 and put it down. He also had a client empty a 300 win mag on a moose they never found. I also had one I shot 7 times in the neck with a 7mm mag before it dropped. It was at 30 yds and I could see every bullet hit (obviously not spine). The moral of the story is that lots of energy is good when things don’t always go perfectly. That’s reality and why I like the 338 or 375. [/QUOTE]
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