350 legend for moose?

[saikk]

I know it might be on the light side but would you shoot moose,elk or anything bigger than a deer with it I have a 30-30 and 303 but was wondering if anyone would do it. I got the gun for deer and black bear but was just wondering if you'd shoot a moose with it because I live in moose country and if you have shot one what ammo did you use?

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[trimmer21]

Welcome to the forum. Those three calibers are excellent. I'll bet they've taken more Moose than any other caliber combined over the decades. Moose aren't that difficult to kill as long as the bullet is a controlled expansion and placed right in the boiler room. There's lots of hunters (me included) who have no issue with using a .270Win.,either.

[Sam Menard]

Welcome to the forum! I hadn’t heard about the 350 Legend so had to look it up.

The .350 Legend was designed for deer hunting in states that have specific regulations requiring straight-walled cartridges for use on deer. The cartridge was developed to deliver enough energy to achieve lethal terminal effects on large deer out to 200 yd (180 m). The recoil is said to be less than a .243 Winchester. Winchester currently offers five different loads for the cartridge: a 150 gr (9.7 g) Deer Season XP at 2,325 ft/s (709 m/s), a 180 gr (12 g) Power-Point at 2,100 ft/s (640 m/s), a 160 gr (10 g) Power Max Bonded at 2,225 ft/s (678 m/s), a 145 gr (9.4 g) FMJ in the USA ammo line at 2,350 ft/s (720 m/s), and a Super Suppressed 255 gr (16.5 g) subsonic load at 1,060 ft/s (320 m/s).

In my view, due to the short range limitations, other cartridges are better suited for moose. Like the 30.30, it will down a moose but the circumstances have to be right.

[diverduck]

Many a moose have met their end to the .303 and the 30-30. I don’t know much about the .350 legend but if I had a .303 kicking around I’d probably choose that for my moose hunting needs.

[Tigboy 304]

My first choice if I was you would be your .303 hands down and then your other two rifles. 30-30 will most certainly do the job I took my first moose at 110 yards with my 30-30 when I was 22 year's young it worked just fine. I now have larger rifles that will do the job at further distances but do get a chuckle out of anyone that says a 30-30 is to small. People use bows and crossbows with success all the time so I know any of the rifles you mentioned will be up to the job given proper bullet placement hands down.

[Fox]

Use either the 30-30 (in close) or the 303 Brit for moose, the 350 Legend is no legend and contrary to their claims it does not have as much energy as the 30-30, nor the bullet weight or sectional density.

The 30-30 can be loaded with the 140gr monoflex bullet, a copper bullet that is pointed, it will hold energy and penetrate. The 303 Brit just load it up with old school 180gr bullets, either the round nose or spire point and go out and get your moose.

You currently have a very effective moose round in the 303 Brit, just use that.

[Terrible_E]

Use either the 30-30 (in close) or the 303 Brit for moose, the 350 Legend is no legend and contrary to their claims it does not have as much energy as the 30-30, nor the bullet weight or sectional density.

The 30-30 can be loaded with the 140gr monoflex bullet, a copper bullet that is pointed, it will hold energy and penetrate. The 303 Brit just load it up with old school 180gr bullets, either the round nose or spire point and go out and get your moose.

You currently have a very effective moose round in the 303 Brit, just use that.

This, I work in a ballistics lab and this is the perfect response.