In our moose hunting party, 4 of us shoot Sako m75 rifles 3-300WM, 1-300WSM - all shooting 180gr Accubonds. The other 2 guys shoot 140gr Accubonds in their 270WSM's.
180gr Accubonds would be my first vote. Been shooting the factory Winchester Supreme AB's since they come out (2004 I believe)..and reloading them since 2005. My reloads are 3-shot grouping almost 1-holers with 5 shot under 0.5".
Prior to that, when there was just 2 of us in our mose group we shot Winchester Supreme Partition Golds-180gr. We had our Sako m75ss 300WM rifles since 1997. Got tired of the bullet nose squaring off from cycling for the clip to the chamber and removing it after if no shot at game. The Partition Golds were a great bullet though.
Of the few recovered bullets, they retained between 67-83% of their weight. Most were double lung pass-thru penetrations. Great expansion. Devestating results. I know of only one bull that needed an addition shot to anchor him in the spot he was in and not make it into the timber.
Same results with the elk, deer and bear. GO ACCUBONDS !!!
Next choice would be 180gr TTSX's. Or even the 165 TTSX's for reloads.
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