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What's your black bear caliber/bullet?
Katmai Guy:
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--- Quote from: Katmai Guy on December 05, 2024, 07:30:20 PM ---.444 marlin, 240gn. Hoping to use on POW spring of '26.
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My .450 marlin would have killed a bear this year......if I didn't have the cross bar safety on!! :bash: :bash: :bash: :chuckle: Next fall....I'm determined to take a bear with my lever gun with open sights. It was a hog too..... :'( :'( :'( :'(
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That sucks, I try not to use the crossbar, half cock is good.😉
Bearhunter308:
--- Quote from: jrebel on December 05, 2024, 08:05:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: Katmai Guy on December 05, 2024, 07:30:20 PM ---.444 marlin, 240gn. Hoping to use on POW spring of '26.
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My .450 marlin would have killed a bear this year......if I didn't have the cross bar safety on!! :bash: :bash: :bash: :chuckle: Next fall....I'm determined to take a bear with my lever gun with open sights. It was a hog too..... :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I think I remember reading your story about that this summer in the blunders/mistakes thread. I remember because it was the same day I couldn’t get a clear shot at probably the the biggest bear I’ve seen in the woods :'( I still wish I could do that one over!
MHWASH:
My boys and I have used the following:
.270 w/150gr Ballistic tip on 2 bears
270 w/140 AB on 3 bears
270 w/140 BT
270 w/145 ELDx
6.5 CM w/135 Berger
6.5 CM w/130 ELDm
7mm RM w/160 AB
7-08 w/150 ELDx 2 bears
308 w/155 Lapua Scenar
We have decided that the softer bullets are more efficient killers. usually rolling the bears right where they sand. We've had the hardest time finding the ones with the ABs. They do leave a good blood trail, but usually not for 75-100 yards. I know it's a small sample size, but the CM and 7-08 kills were more impressive than the larger calibers too.
Bearhunter308:
--- Quote from: MHWASH on December 06, 2024, 06:18:51 AM ---
We have decided that the softer bullets are more efficient killers. usually rolling the bears right where they sand. We've had the hardest time finding the ones with the ABs. They do leave a good blood trail, but usually not for 75-100 yards. I know it's a small sample size, but the CM and 7-08 kills were more impressive than the larger calibers too.
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Interesting, did you tend to get pass throughs with the softer bullets, or just one hole and all energy dumped in the animal?
follow maggie:
.30-06 if he weather is nice, .300 win mag if weather is not nice. Only because he .30-06 is a 1918 file & I don’t like having it out in the bad weather, anymore. The .300 has a synthetic stock & is much better suited to bad weather & is lighter if I’m covering a lot of ground.
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