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Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:46 pmby North61
My 14 year old son took his first Moose yesterday. 450 Bushmaster at 100-125 yards, Factory ammo loaded with the 250 Hornady FTX bullet that goes 2100fps out of his Ranch Rifle. We can reload them hotter but hard to improve on the accuracy. The bullet hit behind the foreleg and angled forward to stop in front of the far shoulder. The moose stood for about 5 seconds then fell and couldn't get up again. Retained weight of the bullet 213.1 grains! Pretty great rig! Nice combination of low recoil and good hitting power. I was worried that the 250 grain bullet was too light for diameter but this Hornady FTX seems to think it's a premium bullet.
NEW: Video on bullet performance here.....just for you guys!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCurbTQ7Qc
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
Posted:
Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:47 pmby North61
In the boat! Ready to go home.
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:22 amby Al in Mi
impressive and congrats to the son!!!!
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:59 pmby Bmt85
Your son did a fine job! Apparently you taught him well, congrats to both you!
I'm curious, do you know what the expanded diameter was on that bullet?
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:49 pmby North61
0.525x 0.81 is the expanded diameter.
My son has been shooting for a while. He started with a .243 but the .450 is easy for him. He finds the recoil very easy to handle, and shoots it well. This moose wanted to run from his but I froze him with some calls and simulated antler display. This allowed us to get within an easy shooting range. Pretty good day
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:42 pmby Texas Sheepdawg
Congrats to your son! Great shot! Great rifle!
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:22 pmby teddy_d
Nice to see actual hunting performance.
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:44 pmby plant_one
congratz!
Re: Yukon Moose and the 450 Bushmaster
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Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:54 pmby Hoot
Nice to see the bullet leave all of its energy in the animal, not in the tree behind them.
Hoot