Too Light For Moose?

Ok, Two questions:
1st: How many of the posters have killed a moose?
2nd: How many of the posters have killed something w/ a Silvertip?
Too many times we get into a banter about what ifs....
Lets hear the have..dones...

I have killed three moose. Two with a 30/06 w/ 150gr psp. one shot/bang/flop. Win powerpoint or Rem corelokt,,don't remember.

One w/ 300wm. 180gr psp. three shots. Federal PSP.

As I previously stated, I broke an elks' back w/ a soft point, ran out of shells, loaded silvertips and promptly put 3 into her back w/ no effect..
The OP is asking for experience, not opinion,,, there's mine.

elkman06
 
Elkman06- in answer to question number 2-

While I have not personally used a silvertip, I have been right there when a member of my hunting party did on several occasions, and with a few different calibers...

While no game hit with them ever got away, most of them required more than one shot. And ALL of them had severe meat damage. Much meat lost from being bloodshot.

The ones that didn't require more than one shot were, without fail, either a head shot, or through the ribs right through or very close to the "armpit". Those that hit the shoulder instead of the armpit, blew the shoulder all to hell and required a second anchoring shot.

Hence the reason I personally haven't used a silvertip. Remington bronze points act the same way at close distances and high velocities.

Personally I prefer hornady interlock or remington core-lokt slugs, if we're talking slugs that aren't a buck a piece.
 
Most guys aren't going to be good enough for this to be enough gun. Why take a marginal gun on what is a rare hunting opportunity for most.
 
35 year ago I vowed to never use silver tips as a big game bullet. I had a hit on a deer where the bullet exploded and made for a bad kill.

Taylor says;
I can't imagine a moose calf being too much larger than a big Mule or Whitetail deer and probably not weighing more than 400 lbs.
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A moose calf is much larger than any deer I have ever seen by hunting season.

I remember reading where many moose hunters that used 30-30 and equivalent cartridges would put the 1st shot into the hump. That would anchor the animal for the killing shot.
No experence, just some reading. Mn moose season is very limited, But I will use a .54 maxi if I ever draw;)
 
A moose calf is much larger than any deer I have ever seen by hunting season.
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I'll agree that a moose calf is large but I've shot deer around my parents field that maxed out our scales at the house at 350 lbs. Plus you have to realize that the orginal poster is from Canada and that their deer are usually bigger than ours in the States. So I'm figuring that this isn't a rare hunt for him as well so he might have experience using his .32 Win Spc on other game animals.

BTW never shot a Moose, but have put down enough elk to know that they can be brought down with what a lot of people consider a marginal bullet. I've used Sierra Gamekings out of a .30-06 and never had the mystical bullet failure with 180 grain. When I use my .270 another marginal elk caliber in many peoples opinion but then I choose to use the Nosler Partition.

I've never used Winchester Silvertip ammunition so I'll have to go with everyone elses opinion of the bullet. I still find it hard to beleive that a 170 grain bullet even of questionable construction will fail to do the job when it is only going to have a velocity of 1800 fps at 100 yards in most cases. All he needs to do is place it in the ribs and I'm sure he will have a baby moose down in no time.
 
Off the page a bit here:

If I were law enforcement, and I wanted a great anti-personel round for situations that will not require barrier penetration? I would look long and hard at the silvertip line.

Note that the above doesn't correlate well with a big game slug that would need deep penetration.
 
I can't imagine a moose calf being too much larger than a big Mule or Whitetail deer
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I'm sorry, but this is a comment that is typical on here. Deer don't even compare to a moose, even if the moose is young.
 
2nd: How many of the posters have killed something w/ a Silvertip?
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I used to use Silvertips in my 30-30 all the time when I was a teen. Killed several deer (coastal blacktails) and several hogs with Silvertips. I always thought there was something special about them, but no, they were just designed to open up quickly. Since I mainly aim for neck and head shots, it made no difference. But they worked fine even on rib shots. May be due to relatively mild 30-30 velocities, may be due to not trying to break shoulders, I don't know. But a lot of people killed a lot of deer with them.

This is the same comment you get from people about the Nosler Ballistic Tips. People who have never shot them claim they won't kill animals. Again, I don't know, but it sure sounds like a lot of people kill an awful lot of deer with them. Just gotta shoot them where it counts.
 
I'm sorry, but this is a comment that is typical on here. Deer don't even compare to a moose, even if the moose is young.
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Ok so what size is an average moose calf in the fall at the age of 6 months or less? I'm by far no moose expert but I'd be amazed if they tipped the scales over 400 pounds. It takes most animals 3 or 4 years to reach a full mature size. I've helped pack out a few elk caves that have been shot on cow tags and I can tell you they don't weigh what a mature Mule Deer buck weighs. The only thing I see that a moose calf will have over a mature northern buck deer is longer legs.
 
Alright, since my original post there has been lots of feedback which is greatly appericated! The friend I was asking for has decided against bringing the 32 and has borrowed a Rem 760 in 06' from the guy he is going with. I believe that he will be using Federal Premium's in a 180gr bullet.
Thanks for all the feedback!
NS
 
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