as you understand the limits of your tools it will work fine, 30-30 was the primary rifle for hunting everything for many generations.
i know my uncle used my 30-30 marlin for many years and have shot many moose with it...and even dropped them right on the spot.Well I found out today I was drawn for a moose tag.It's only my second try, so I'm pretty happy.
Now, the only rifle I have is a Savage 170 pump action, in .30-30. How many here have experience doing the job with that round? I've heard some good things about using .30-30 on moose, as long as it's within 100 yards or so.
TheCoachZed - buy some "Hornady Lever revolution" ammunition for that 30-30 and you will see that gun get a whole new attitude. My father bought some for his a couple of years ago and what a difference. At 100 yards I had it lined up perfectly using his old ammunition and when I started to shoot the Hornadys it was 11" high. Should work fine on a moose if you understand it's limitations.Well I found out today I was drawn for a moose tag.It's only my second try, so I'm pretty happy.
Now, the only rifle I have is a Savage 170 pump action, in .30-30. How many here have experience doing the job with that round? I've heard some good things about using .30-30 on moose, as long as it's within 100 yards or so.
I'm still not decided on who the second gun will be, but I have enough friends with .303's and .30-06's that I know I can get my hands on one if I need it.Your probably wondering what happened in year 2. Our main man took his bow, and this time he had the designate hunter buy a licence and bring his 30-06. We were set up in a cut, and had all in our favour for a decent 30 yard archery shot. At sun-up there were moose everywhere, but the one that answered us about 150 yards off was quite a bull. He bagan coming our way, but another caller in the cut behind us began calling and this bull couldn't make up his mind where he was going. We had a phenomenal caller, and he kept turning the bull back to us....but we kept this back and forth up just long enough that after about 1.2 an hour, he had moved enough that our archery man with the licence could now see the bull's rack from his tree stand.
It took him all of 10 seconds to lower the bow and whisper...."SEND UP THE RIFLE!!!" Up it went, down came the bull at about 100 yards. Who knows how it would ahve turned out eventually, but it sure felt mighty fine to have the option to down this big boy given how things changed in a hurry.
I love the 30-30 and the 32winchester special. you can probably drop any north american game out to 200yds with them.Well I found out today I was drawn for a moose tag.It's only my second try, so I'm pretty happy.
Now, the only rifle I have is a Savage 170 pump action, in .30-30. How many here have experience doing the job with that round? I've heard some good things about using .30-30 on moose, as long as it's within 100 yards or so.