Like I said, I generally use my 300 wsm which I love by the way. Used. Xp3 bullets for years before they got discontinued. A big bull elk is tough... And a big moose is just goddamn big. I like having plenty of penetration. And on this hunt there shouldn't be anything much over 300 yd so the...
I bought like 10 boxes of Winchester partition golds 180 grain 30-06. Because they were 10 bucks a box. Had shot a couple of elk and a couple of bull moose with the regular 180 grains in my 30-06. They worked great. Shortly after I went to a 300 WSM and really have not used of the partition gold...
The 300 wsm is fantastic and not going anywhere in the near future. All sorts of ammo available for it now... Word to the wise. Norma also is making factory ammo with several different loads and just straight up brass...