What load for moose?

[Grizz1219]

I currently shoot 110 grains of Blackhorn 209 with a 250 grain T/C blue tipped shock wave for deer.... Should I move up to the 300 grainers?????

[sbuff]

_{What gun are you using ? Your good powder wise, I would highly recommend the .452 deep curl or .452 XTP both in 300 gr. Also I would suggest the 460gr no excuses or some 400gr White power punch's}

_Steve

[Grizz1219]

I am shooting the T/C Pro Hunter....

[Pygmy]

The 460 No Excuses is a great projectile. I couldn't imagine a better bullet for moose.

If I could post pictures I would show you one that was taken from under the off side hide of a 6x6 bull elk...It is a PERFECT mushroom.

They also load very easily and are very accurate in my old T/C Hawken.

Edited February 28, 2012 by Pygmy

[Grizz1219]

^{Are those lead bullets??? Never shot them.... How hard to clean afterwards???}

[Pygmy]

Yes, they are lead. I have never had any issues with leading, but then I don't try to push them real fast either. I shoot 80 grains of loose 3F Triple Seven.

Sighted dead on at 100 it is 2 inches high at 50. Never shot it much past 100 but I imagine it would shoot MOM ( minute of moose) out to 150 or so.

[sbuff]

Some TC's with QLA will not shoot conicals that great.It will depend if the QLA itself is concentric to the bore...My X7 will shoot them awsome , guess I am a lucky one.

The speer deep curl is a bonded bullet, the 300gr .452 will do just fine as would a .452 300gr XTP .All in a crush rib sabot I would pick.

Hornady's 350gr FPB would be another bullet I would use.Lots like the Thor line but they can be very hard to load in a TC. I had a bear of a time in mine.

Wish I was going.

[Chromeslayer]

300gr Barnes expander

[Grizz1219]

So I take it the general concensus is to go up tp 300 grainers...?? Should I go with a bonded slug???

[sbuff]

What bullet would you be reffering to?

[Grizz1219]

Something like these

https://secure.tcarms.com/store/shock-wave-sabots-bonded-cat-no-8207.html

[G-Man]

unless your trying for a max powder load for speed, the velocities you will be shooting a bonded bullet will not be nessary.. A pure lead bullet would still stay together.

[sbuff]

I would still choose the other bullets listed over the 300gr bonded TC shockwave.

Its just a SST renamed.

Steve

[sbuff]

What ya going to use!!!!!!

[Grizz1219]

^{JHaven't gotten down to Cabelas yet to look at what I can try... I live in Mass. so no one will ship stuff to my house... Right now worknig on the 180 grain load for my 30-06 to take to Africa... but this load is next on my hit list... I'll start with T/C and Hornady 300 grainers though, and go from there...}

[sbuff]

don't look past the 300gr speer deep curls.

[RangerClay]

I use the .348 gr. Powerbelts with good success.

[northernborn]

I've shot all my BP moose with only two different muzzleloaders of mine, 50 cal was a .490 Rb 0.005 patch with wonder lube, 70 grains 2F 32 " 1:66 barrel flinter, longest shot was in 2004 on a cow at 90 yards,

the other go to flinter is a 62 cal fowler that I used .597" home rolled RB in WW ratio, patched with 0.005 ticking over a 80 grain 3F load with cushion wad and OP card, topped with a OS card split in half. But I body shoot with that load and flinter.

I've used that on a couple buffalo with good success out to 75 yards too

[eagle rider]

My buddy went to Maine a two years ago. He anchored his moose with a 300 Barnes Expander in 150 grs of 777. He said the bull was 45 yards away the round entered just behind its shoulder and a little hight. The mosse went about 100 yards across a bogg and piled up on the distant bank.

[northernborn]

RFLMBO

[eagle rider]

Wow, I shoudn't drink and post.

[Grizz1219]

LOL