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My brother drew his once-in-a-lifetime wa state moose permit last year. Having been a bow hunter for decades, his hope was, of course, to take his bull with archery equipment. However, after applying for nearly a quarter century, he wasn't shy about using a modern firearm to fill his tag. He luckily has a good friend who is a moose, bear and whitetail guide to help him in his quest. After a week of trying for a rutting bull with bow & arrow, he came home empty handed. 6 weeks later, he went back with a borrowed Browning A-bolt chambered in .300WSM and took a nice 44" bull.
This year, his friend advised him to try for the raffle drawing in 2 moose units with a low # of applications. $120 later, he drew another tag! He had previously purchased a model 721 in .270. Since last year's moose was taken at about 100 yards, he thought this would be adequate, with the right bullets. His guide, however, suggested he use something that shoots a larger diameter projectile. He recommended .308 win as the minimum, but also suggested 7mm RM, 30-06 or 300 mag. Now, this guy has seen more moose, dead on the ground, than I'll ever see dead, or alive, in my lifetime. I wouldn't question his choice of suitable cartridges.
So, my brother found a beautiful, almost like new, early 80s manufacture model 700 in 7mmRM, with a Leupold vxII 3-9×40. I thought I might contribute something to his success, so I purchased a box of Federal Premium 168 gr. Berger hybrid hunter and a box of Hornady Superformance 154 gr. SST. I suggested he try them both and see if his rifle liked either one. His guide was not enthusiastic about either load. He said he'd seen poor results from the Federal loading and thought the Hornady load was a little light in the azz. His preference is the Remington 175 gr. Cor-Lokt. I used that bullet in my own 7mmRM ONCE on a small mulie buck, at about 80 yds, and it exploded on impact. I guess that was a one-off? Oh well, I tried.
Now to the scope. He's a bow guy, not a rifle guy, and was having trouble sighting is his new rifle. After calling Leupold, he was advised that the "clicks" on his vxII, would probably not be audible, or tactile. Also, each hashmark would change POI 1/2" at 100 yds, not 1/4". I never would have guessed that! Maybe why I had such a hard time zeroing my Savage 99 with a vxII 2-7×33?
Sorry for the rambling, biden style post. Just thought I'd share some recently acquired knowledge that seemed sorta counterintuitive to me.
If you got this far, thanx for reading.
This year, his friend advised him to try for the raffle drawing in 2 moose units with a low # of applications. $120 later, he drew another tag! He had previously purchased a model 721 in .270. Since last year's moose was taken at about 100 yards, he thought this would be adequate, with the right bullets. His guide, however, suggested he use something that shoots a larger diameter projectile. He recommended .308 win as the minimum, but also suggested 7mm RM, 30-06 or 300 mag. Now, this guy has seen more moose, dead on the ground, than I'll ever see dead, or alive, in my lifetime. I wouldn't question his choice of suitable cartridges.
So, my brother found a beautiful, almost like new, early 80s manufacture model 700 in 7mmRM, with a Leupold vxII 3-9×40. I thought I might contribute something to his success, so I purchased a box of Federal Premium 168 gr. Berger hybrid hunter and a box of Hornady Superformance 154 gr. SST. I suggested he try them both and see if his rifle liked either one. His guide was not enthusiastic about either load. He said he'd seen poor results from the Federal loading and thought the Hornady load was a little light in the azz. His preference is the Remington 175 gr. Cor-Lokt. I used that bullet in my own 7mmRM ONCE on a small mulie buck, at about 80 yds, and it exploded on impact. I guess that was a one-off? Oh well, I tried.
Now to the scope. He's a bow guy, not a rifle guy, and was having trouble sighting is his new rifle. After calling Leupold, he was advised that the "clicks" on his vxII, would probably not be audible, or tactile. Also, each hashmark would change POI 1/2" at 100 yds, not 1/4". I never would have guessed that! Maybe why I had such a hard time zeroing my Savage 99 with a vxII 2-7×33?
Sorry for the rambling, biden style post. Just thought I'd share some recently acquired knowledge that seemed sorta counterintuitive to me.
If you got this far, thanx for reading.