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When I look back over roughly 54 years of deer hunting with a few elk hunts thrown in, I have to admit that I've probably used more Sierra bullets than anything else. For more years that I'l like to count, I used the Sierra 150 gr. Pro-hunters, although they did not call them that way back then. I came to the conclusion after cleaning up many a mangled deer and bloodshot meat that maybe that bullet was a tad too fragile and upon a friend's suggesttion went to the 180 gr. Sierra Pro-hunter, although again, they were not called that way back then. They were still in caifornia at the time and Sierra bulelts were about tow bucks cheaper than Hornady'zs or Speer's, probably due to shipping costs. I lived (existed?) in San Francisco way back then and the Sierras were just plain easier to get with the other two brands having to be special ordered.
The 180 gr. Sierra has worked for me for years and is the bullet of choice for deer in my 30-06. For elk, I have a 180 gr. load using the Nosler Partition that shoots to the same point of impact as my deer load.
On my last hunt for elk, I took a .300 Win. mag. that pushed a 200 gr. Speer Hot-core to 2930 FPS from my rifle's 26" barrel.
I shot a cow elk at a lasered 530 yards and that 200 gr. bullet couldn't have been doing much more than 30-30 speed way out younder but the cow dropped and never moved an inch.
Being as I'm now 70 years old, I doubt if I'll ever get to do a moose hunt, darn it! If I were to though, I believe I'd just take my .35 Whelen with some stiff loaded 250 gr. Speer Hot-cores and go a huntin'.
Paul B.
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