Has anyone succesfully taken moose with a zimmerstutzen rifle? or a bbgun? How would one go about it ?  Just curious.   Joe.

I think a moose hunt with a zimmerstutzen would probably begin with a sleeping pill.  Only in your dreams!!  By its very nature, the Z/S is low pressure and shallow penetration.  The most you could do to a moose is hit him in the nose or ear and get him irritated...and since you would have to be in such short range to even get the parlor rifle round to reach him, you would have a real good chance being turned into toe jam for a PO'd moose!   

Froggie

FWIW, 'stutzen' is the UK term for a rifle with a full-length forearm, i.e. what we in the US would call a Mannlicher style stock.

Also FWIW, supposedly the record for a Canadian Grizzly was held for a number of years by a 10-year-old (at that tiime) Native American girl using a 22 Short RF. The story goes that she & her little sister were out gathering whatever folks like that were wont to gather, when they sat down to doze under a tree for a while. The girl said that when she woke up, the bear was "just there" about 30 ft away & crossing in front of her, apparently unaware or uncaring of any scent. She merely raised the rifle, aimed for the ear & pulled the trigger. Dead bear, happy girls, end of story. Anyway that's the way I remember it.

I admit that ain't a moose with a parlor rifle, but that level of pucker factor will do for me 'til I hear sumthin better!
FWIW, Joe

Yes Schutzenbob, moose. It has been done with a bbgun. Was wondering if anyone had done it with a Zimmerschutzen. I can never get the spelling right. Its getting close to hunting and my mind just wandered in that direction. I dont know why. Sometimes it does that when i'm trying to get through a precision shooting article. Joe.

I was working with a fellow who grew up in Alaska. One dayAt lunch we started talking about moose hunting. We didnt know Dave was from Alaska. Of coarse the subject of caliber came up, Dave rolled his eyes. I asked him what was wrong? He blurted out, you dont need no damned 338 to kill a moose! You can kill one with a bbgun. We laughed. A couple days later I couldnt stand it. I asked him, ok, how do you kill a moose with a bbgun? He said when he was a kid , he and his little brother killed lots of moose with a bbgun. How I asked. He said you hide in the bushes next to a pond where you know a moose will feed in. When a bull moose shows up and he's in the pond you wait till he's pointing away from you . Then sneak up close as close as you can. He said bb placement is the key here. Aim directly for the b_ _ _ s. When the moose has his head in the water you shoot. This causes him to hump up and suck air, but since his head is under water he drowns. Thats how you kill moose with a bbgun.  I think dave was yarnin me but as he was quite old I didnt dare doubt an elder. Id like to try it with a zimmershootzen.    Joe.

Sorry to ignore you Brent. The zimmerscheutzen was made just like all the popular german target rifles of the time. They have a mechanizm on the barrel for shooting a lead pellet using  a little case like a cb cap. I'm sure youve seen one before. They were a parlor rifle  for indoor practice or competition. I dont have one , so will need to barrow one or buy one. I'd hate to have to buy one to kill one moose though. Could always sell it after the hunt. American versions are quite rare i'm told. I think I saw something in one of the recent black powder news magazines, about two fellows shooting zimmers. I dont know what kind of velocity they create. I'd think them at least to have as much range or more than a Redrider. If not im not gonna try it. Id want some serious stinging power.  Joe.

Thanks Jerry, looks like the perfect upgrade from dry firing at the TV.

Brent