varmit gun

**davetucker** · 10-23-2007, 04:05 PM

recently purchased two new riffles.The first one was a browning 25-06 bought it for my wife nife riffle we both love it.Then i got the new mossberg 4x4 270 also nice riffle.Was target practiceing at an aquaintance house.When the 25-06 was brought out it was refferd to as a varmit gun,but they all couldn't take their hands off it.Are they both good for deer and big game such as elk and moose??????????

**wtnhunt** · 10-23-2007, 04:27 PM

Both the .270 and .25-06 are good calibers for deer. The .25-06 would be a bit small for elk or moose though. The .270 would be ok for elk, don't know about moose though.

**mehunter** · 10-23-2007, 05:58 PM

I had a 25-06 and it worked great on deer, I don't think I would try moose with it. They don't recommend anything smaller than 130 grain bullet weight for moose.

**Shaun_300** · 10-23-2007, 10:43 PM

Moose hunting is pretty big up here, my uncle has killed many big moose with his .270, shooting 150gr bullets I believe. My great uncle and a few of the guys I deer hunt use their .308s for moose hunting too, no problem killing moose with that caliber either. It's all personal preference. I prefer taking the .300 Win Mag or .300 WSM with me while hunting 1000-1500lb animals.