bear bullet advice

[acnewman55]

sorry if this seems like a repeated post, but i spent about two hours reading through previous posts on the subject and didn't find what i was looking for. 

i'm gonna try to hunt me up some black bear in the east-cascades his year.  i will be shooting my .308

i'm wondering, in non-super-technical terms (i'm an ammo buyer, not reloader) what would be your brand/bullet weight of choice for black bear, keeping in mind that i will only be taking broadside shots under 100 yards.

thanks much.

[ASHQUACK]

Anything but Barnes!
I prefer the Sierra Grand Slam in the 175 grn bullet.

[RadSav]

I've lost track of how many bear we have killed with the 150 grain Core-Lokt from the .308.  Anything between 150 and 180 in Fusion, Inner-Lock or Core-Lokt should treat you just fine on bear.  No need to get crazy with black bear.  The 150 Core-Lokt has even proven quite impressive on elk.  Seems the velocity window on the .308 is just about perfect for this type of bullet.

Plus, all my .308's have loved the cheap stuff

[huntingfool7]

   x2

[BOWHUNTER45]

  x3 

[huntnnw]

I hope changes were made to them from the late 80's and early 90's..Those bullets were horrendous..I saw many of those bullets EXPLODE on bone! to where u couldnt find a piece bigger than end of a ball point pen.

[RadSav]

I hope changes were made to them from the late 80's and early 90's..Those bullets were horrendous..I saw many of those bullets EXPLODE on bone! to where u couldnt find a piece bigger than end of a ball point pen.

Guided through much of the 80's using the .308 as the guide loaner gun. Took dozens of bear personally with the .308 through the 90's as well.  Now the Core-Lokt might not be my first choice if using the fast 284 or 300 magnums, but I've never seen anything but perfection from them out of the 308Win velocity.  Literally hundreds of 308 Win kills in that time frame.

[blacktailcody]

What would you get for a 30/06?

[h20hunter]

I'd say whatever your gun shoots accurately. Most current production hunting bullets will kill Mr. Bear if you put it in the shoulder/vitals.

[jpharcher]

I took my bear in 06 with a 428 grain, muzzy tipped arrow from 28 yards.
Mr Bear only went 30 yards before going down.
I think a well placed shot from any legal hunting caliber rifle 270 and up or a well placed arrow makes short work of them.

[WSU]

sorry if this seems like a repeated post, but i spent about two hours reading through previous posts on the subject and didn't find what i was looking for. 

i'm gonna try to hunt me up some black bear in the east-cascades his year.  i will be shooting my .308

i'm wondering, in non-super-technical terms (i'm an ammo buyer, not reloader) what would be your brand/bullet weight of choice for black bear, keeping in mind that i will only be taking broadside shots under 100 yards.

thanks much.

What do you currently shoot?  It will probably work just fine.

[Ripper]

My personal favorite bullet is the accubond I shoot 160g out of my 7mm and 250 out of my 338 win mag. You should be able to find 150g or 180g for your 308

[blacktailcody]

Why no barnes?

[Killmore]

I vote for barns, you can buy loaded ammo, probably shoot length wise thru bear!!

[h20hunter]

Killmore.......if you don't get enough velocity some of the barnes won't open up all pretty. Look at the last few pages of my bear thread. Just cause they don't open up doesn't mean they wont get the job done. However, these were handloads.

What are you shooting now?