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Within 150 yards. Yup. - locoman

 

I would think with a 220gr Speer it would be just a sledge hammer on them.

 

https://www.ballisticstudies.com/ Look up 35 rem. Very good study of all our popular calibers/bullets. You can then compare your 35 to other calibers here.

Go to 'knowledgebase' in their header, scroll down for caliber.

John

 

My Grandfather always called the .35 a "moose gun". When I asked him why, he mentioned that as a lad, he and a friend would hop a train going into the wilder parts, and go hunting. He always had a 38-55, and one day his hunting buddy showed up with a Remington pump in .35. He said it really put them down compared to the 38-55. This was a few years after the round came out, apparently critters are born in kevlar today, and nobody knows how to still hunt or stalk, so game is tougher, and shot at long range. From what I've seen, a .35 will do the job, if you do yours.

 

Hey Formakos - if you drop a moose with a .35 Remington you certainly won't be the first to do so!

 

Back in 2013 when my dad shot his moose in Maine, the Guide told us about a women he guided that shot a big bull with a 30 30. Keep shots within 150 yards and hit them where your supposed to and you’ll be fine. Don’t forget the pictures.

 

Good shot placement is key. Distance is another consideration. Get both right, should be a smile on your face.

 

Back in the 1960's, my Uncle Larry (1923 - 2004) hunted in Ontario for moose and bear with a guide. He took both animals with his Marlin shooting the mighty 35. None got away. Scores of Pennsylvania whitetails were taken with this rifle, too. Your 35 will do the job if you're patient and wait for a good broadside shot into the chest organs.

TR

 

The 303 Savage with its 190 grain bullet was supposed to penetrate stem to stern in Moose. While I am hardly a moose expert, I did go hunting in the MN moose season where 4 licenses are permitted to shoot one moose. Saw the moose taken out with a 25-06. Lots get hunted with muzzle loaders in 54 and 58 round ball. Canadian saw one taken at 150 yard or so with a 54 round ball. At that range it would have had similar power to a 45 Colt revolver. It was a bull and he claimed it went right down. Lots of moose have been taken by Canadians with the old SMLE 303 British. Favored load at one time was the 215 grain Remington Core Lok , but was replaced with the 180 grain loads. Nor were some adverse to shooting them with 30-30's. I have always been fascinated about the 303 Brit and what it has taken world wide. Even sees a lot of use in the US. The 6.5 Swede has been used in Sweden to take moose.

We were referred to an article where some writer wanted to show off and took a moose with 190 grain load in a 30-30, Buffalo Bore? Thought that his choice of special ammo interesting as many Canadians and Alaskans used standard 30-30 loads. The issue of range might be the big one. 35 Remington does not have ballistic characteristics with its blunt bullets and does die off quickly over distance. The old 150 yard limits for deer have been written for years. Don't know if the Hornady LE's are stiff enough for bigger stuff but I like them for deer and have yet to recover one. Personally, I would likely choose my old 8mm with the 200 grain bullets like the Hornady factory load, over the 35, but if I did not have it, I might use the 35.

 

I'd use a .35Rem without hesitation. 200gn to the heart/lungs will create some work for you. Have fun, write about here!

 

In my opinion, yes for sure - need to make sure you keep your yardage at maybe 150 or less (personally, I don't like the remaining energy out past about 100 yards). I take mine as a backup rifle when I hunt elk (.450 is the first string) - and where I hunt it would be virtually impossible to get a shot over 100 yards, so I'm good with a .35 all day long.

 

I've done a lot of hiking in the fall during the moose rut, mostly in Maine. Moose are not particularly afraid of people, and you can frequently walk almost right up to them if Mr. Moose is interested in the local Ms. Moose.

I have seen them hunted with 30-30, and other cartridges. After getting shot in the heart or lungs, they often just stand there with blood pouring out, effectively waiting to get shot again. A 30-30 170 grain bullet will pass through on broadside shots, so a 35 Remington should as well.

Many moose hunters I know work to get within 50 yards, and they then aim for a broadside heart shot, followed by a shoulder shot to keep the beast from running off into a swamp. You do NOT want to have to drag a dead moose out of 5 feet of water, because without a pickup truck or log skidder, you will probably lose the animal. I know some hunters who won't shoot a moose if there is any chance it will flee toward water.

 

I work with a guy that has killed several caribou and moose with a 30-30 Texan so I bet a .35 would have no problem.

 

I've mentioned before the fella in Colorado I hunted with and learned quite a bit from that used a 30-30 for his Elk, Moose and Deer. The 35 certainly can do that job. Not my experience, but a record of fact. That said, out of state with a thousand dollar plus tag and all the other expense, I'd probably opt for my 358win/scope and figure 150 yds.

John

 

I may know a guy that shot a 44" bull with one at 151 yards, 16-17 years ago

 

Formakos, IMO it depends. How special is it for you to get a moose permit? What kind of environment will you be hunting in if you get one?

I got a moose permit and it was a miracle of miracles. I should have died of old age decades before I got one. I'll likely never get another one. I likely would have had a 300 yard shot but it turned out I got a 170 yard shot. I killed it with one shot off hand. I got a BAR in 30.06 for this hunt but I probably would have killed it with my 336W in 30-30 with the same shot. I didn't know going in that it would turn out to be so easy for me for my once in a lifetime hunt. I have no regrets that I got a better gun for the task even though I ended up not needing it. I would still be regretting it if it played out differently and I was telling people that I saw 25 moose but they were always too far away or worse I'm pretty sure I hit one or three but I couldn't recover them because I didn't bring enough gun.

 

My experience with moose is exactly one, so take this for what it is worth. I killed a large bull moose back in the 80's with a single shot from my .30-30, using factory Remington 170 grain Corelocks. Like many a deer, it stumbled a few steps and fell. Seemed like enough gun, as it collapsed so quickly I didn't even bother ejecting my empty. Range was 110 yards. I have also killed 3 bull elk with that same combo, from 70 to 140 yards. All dead with one shot, and I doubt a .338 Super Duper Magnum would have been any more effective. The .35 Remington is a definitive step up over the .30-30, despite what ballistic tables say, and will easily handle a moose. Are magnums more "powerful?" For sure they are, but are they better or necessary? Got a picture of that moose somewhere, need to dig it out.

 

I killed a large bull moose back in the 80's with a single shot from my .30-30, using factory Remington 170 grain Corelocks. The .35 Remington is possibly a step up over the .30-30, despite what ballistic tables say, and will easily handle a moose. Are magnums more "powerful?" For sure they are, but are they better or necessary?

People seem to forget that .30-30 Win is the same .30 calibre that .30-06 is. When shooting good quality bullets with the right powder behind them, you can get a lot done with the much maligned .30-30. .35 REM is the same, but you will have a much harder time finding factory ammo if you don’t reload or even worse, forget your ammo on your hunting trip far from home.

The number of people who won’t go hunting without their .300 Winmag or 7 Rem-mag sized guns (or even bigger) is shocking to me. They are no fun to shoot, and the amount of meat loss from the big loads can be staggering.

 

I think if you kept the range short, no more than 150 yards and had good shot placement, you would bring it down. Beyond 150 yards I think the 35 Remington loses enough velocity for that big 200 grain bullet to expand reliably. Not to say that it wouldn't bring your game down though. Good luck on your moose hunt, hope you get one.

 

I'd use mine on moose in a heartbeat. My standard reload runs a 200 grain Sierra SP at 2155 fps, plowed through a full grown doe from the near shoulder and exited at the last rib on the off side. Range about 135 yards.

 

LeveRevolution Powder...

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Now it says 24" barrel... If its a 20" You might hit 2100-2200 fps. But that is still quite effective!!

Yes 2200 fps for a 200 grain SP... And I bet that will lay any Moose low inside 150 yards if not farther.

 

The Leverevolution bullet choice is not known to retain mass much at all. The velocity is there, but bullet integrity is suspect. Not something I’d want for moose.

 

I’ve never shot a moose, but I’d for sure use my .35 Rem and would prefer a handloaded 200 gr. Hornady RN @ 2,200 over the factory Leverevolution 200 gr.