09-20-2024, 02:26 PM
(09-19-2024, 04:56 PM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: I'm getting closer and closer to being able to get out, but still not there... Moose hunt starts October 8th, so got to be ready to go for that.. Haven't checked my zero on the rifle yet, need to make sure it hasn't gotten bumped since my last hunt... Just hate to shoot the .300 Winny very much before the hunt so I start to flinch when I pull that trigger... I shoot a Thompson Encore that you can change barrels, so i have been shooting the 6.5 mm Creedmore, but not the .300 Win Mag... So I hope that is close to the same as practicing, except I know the ballistics is different, so I can't trust the elevation adjustments much... but I think it will cover trigger pull training and such... Anyway I don't have a next fishing trip on the horizon yet, but hope too before ice... Later J
Just use that CM with a quality bullet on your Moose.
A LOT have Moose have met there demise with that caliber.
I used a 6.5mm Barnes 127 LRX bullet on my 400 lb Bear three years ago.
He was slightly quartered away and I waited for him to move his front left leg forward and took the shot.
The bullet petaled out perfectly, hitting multiple organs, and found it against skin on opposite shoulder, it was about ready to fall out.
I weighed that bullet and it was at 126 grains. I called the engineer at Barnes and he said the ballistic tip weighs one grain.
You are more likely to make a perfect shot on your Moose with a gun you are not worried about recoil than a gun you are recoil sensitive to.
Just food for thought.
Good luck on your hunt Jeff!