Old 33 WCF still getting it done

Guide89 · Post by **Guide89** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:30 pm

Colorado Shiras cow moose .
Winchester 1886, manufacture date 1922. Chambered in 33 WCF. It is takedown. Someone put an old steel Lyman 66 on it before I bought it.
I formed the brass from Starline 45-70, using 45.5 grains of Varget on top of a Federal large rifle match primer, all pushing a 210 grain .338 Nosler Partition with the tip filed off to 2,200 feet per second.

One shot broadside, she went 40-50 yards. Bullet went through the front shoulder and stopped on the hide on the off side.

I could have shot her at 220 yards if I had a scoped magnum, but sneaking down through the willows to 52 yards to use this old rifle made the hunt special.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:25 pm

Excellent post and photos congratulations and welcome to the campfire

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:37 pm

That's how it's done! Well done, bravo!!
It's been a long time since I last tasted moose, enjoy every bite!

Drawdown · Post by **Drawdown** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:47 pm

Excellent Yes! That's hunting way it should be, with a rifle made for that purpose, congrats and good post and pic! That Partition looks to be a pic of what bullet performance is meant to be.

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 5:05 pm

Thanks, Guide89. Very nice, great hunt, great pictures!

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 5:18 pm

How classic is that?

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 5:28 pm

Outstanding!

LeverGunner · Post by **LeverGunner** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 5:51 pm

Great hunt, congratulations! Thank you for sharing. Nicely done.

Scott Tschirhart · Post by **Scott Tschirhart** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:05 am

Now that’s hunting!!!

Very good work!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:35 am

Congratulations on a great hunt with a great old rifle!
I went back to hunting with my old guns the last decade I hunted for the same reason. It just felt more like hunting than a modern scoped bolt action did.

JRD · Post by **JRD** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:16 am

Well done.

LeverGunner · Post by **LeverGunner** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:16 am

One of the reasons I don't hunt from a tree stand. Sure... I'd be almost guaranteed success on my land. But I hunt from the ground. I got made a few years ago, a buck came up behind me and snorted and ran off when I moved. But the deer I've killed were more than meat in the freezer to me.

Twodot · Post by **Twodot** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:39 am

Very good!
I imagine a moose tag is hard to come by in Colorado.
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RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 5:25 am

Awesome....nice pile of meat! ....and so is that classic gun!

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 8:18 am

A friend of mine went along on the first modern Colorado moose hunt way back in the late 20th Century. It's great to see that they've progressed to the point of allowing cows to be taken too. That looks like some good eating and wonderful memories. Taking big game with handloads makes it special, but taking big game with a classic "obsolete" cartridge makes it even MORE memorable! Congratulations!! Well done!!!

JBowen · Post by **JBowen** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 10:57 am

Nice! Thanks for sharing and congratulations!

JBowen

JDL · Post by **JDL** » Wed Oct 09, 2024 2:50 pm

Most excellent! Looks like some mighty tasty meat and a wonderful classic rifle did what it was made to do. Congratulations!

EG73 · Post by **EG73** » Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:09 am

Nicely done! Didn’t even know there were moose in Colorado.

Woodsloafer2 · Post by **Woodsloafer2** » Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:54 pm

Love the sneaking to 52 yards. That must have so fun. Well done and thanks for the story an photos!

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:16 pm

Yep, there are even occasional moose in the northernmost parts of New Mexico.

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