what heavy 30 cal bullet would you take to the woods for bull moose in WA

[headshot5]

I really like 200 grain accubonds. I shoot them out of my .300 win mags.

   200 grain accubonds for the win.

[BNAElkhntr]

I like the 180 gr E-tip out of my 300 weatherby moose in Canada and 7 africian plains game and a couple mule deer

The E-tip is a great  all around bullet Been to Africa 300 win mag twice numerous deer and elk  usually about 90%  retention no 200 grn is going to hold together that good partition's maybe 50% They shoot flat hid hard and hold together like a solid

[Okanagan]

Use what you have confidence in.  My choice is 180 Swift A-frame.  I've killed moose with 180 grain NP out of 30-06 and 180 Swift A-frame and settled on the A-frame.  The Swift A-frame has produced the most consistent terminal performance of any bullet I've tried, penetrating deeply and making a plenty big hole all the way.  Boringly consistent.  The Nosler partition is the gold standard of bullet performance on game, and compared to the Swift A-frame it makes a smaller wound channel, may penetrate more, but is not quite as consistent on either.

As said, moose are on the easier end of the tenacity-of-life spectrum, but they are so big that they can take awhile to keel over.  An elk will use his last heartbeats to run into a canyon in the next county.  A moose is more likely to brace his legs to stay on his feet and stand there till he drops.  Unless you shoot him in the spine or brain, once he braces up like that no amount of shooting seems to knock them off of their feet.

Best of luck on your hunt!

[Caseknife]

Barnes Tipped Triple Shock are the only way to go.  I've been using Barnes exclusively for over 20 years and the only instance that I had of bullet failure was with the original X in 6mm on a big muley buck.  I think that what guys perceive as the bullet not expanding is the relative small hole on the exit side.  That is because the bullet does not come apart into fragments and blow a fist sixe hole on exit.  That is the other major benefit that I use Barnes, no bloodshot meat unless bone fragments cause secondary projectiles.  You can use lighter than normal bullets because they keep all that mass intact.  The last animal I shot was with my 7Mag, 120 gr TTX into a sleeping 300lb hog at 40 yds.  Bullet was recovered in the spine, weighed 119gr.

[Caseknife]

Hope the Carpenter Road fire doesn't screw up your hunt.  It is about ready to jump the Springdale/Hunters road, likely will before it stops!

[MisplacedAlaskan]

180 Scirocco's our of the 300 RUM are unbeatable. I have seem tons of brown bears, goats, and moose stopped in their tracks with that combination.

[C-Money]

Cant go wrong with a Nosler Partition. 165gr would be my choice. I'd also shoot the .308 over the 300 RUM as well.

[jasnt]

210 vld cause that's what I got

[Stein]

I would choose a bullet that shots well over one that is the heaviest I could find.  For my rifle, that would be the 168 tsx.  I don't change bullets for North American game, that will take anything I want to hunt.

[JoeE]

Last year I watched moose die to both a 200 grain accubond out of a 300wsm and a 200 grain accubond out of a 30-06. The 30-06 got the job done quicker but the moose was smaller.

[Ridgerunner]

180 tsx is what did the job on my bull. 

[Buzz2401]

Another vote for the 180gr ttsx or tsx.  I have been using those for years and have never failed me.  I have personally taken 7 elk with them and only one ran more then 30 yards.  The one that ran only made it 150 yards and that was from a poor shot from me.

[Firedogg]

 Most any modern well constructed bullet from 165grn on up will drop a moose as long as you can hit the vitals.

[white121]

First off thank you everyone for the great advice. Since the 300RUM brass is so hard to find I bought 2 boxes of nosler premium loaded with 210 LR Accubonds 66$ each at sportsmans warehouse and 2 boxes of Remington premier lvl 3 with the 200 gr swift a frame 38$ on clearance (there was about 10 more boxes at this price cabelas Lacey)I will use these to break in the barrel and I can hunt with whatever one shoots better just in case I don't get enough time to properly find a good hand load. But to me it is so much more real shooting with the bullet you put the time in for as in the ONE! All you handloaders know what I'm talking about, when the stars align. So I will be hitting the range every chance I get to get her dialed in.

Shaun

[MountainWalk]

I don't get the fascination with huge blown out exit holes. I don't need to see a huge six inch bruised circle around a gory ragged hole to tell me my bullet did a good job and my critter is dead.