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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2008, 07:07:54 AM »
 :'( No go on the seirra's?

Now I feel all bad, that is all we handloaded for twenty years... :'(
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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2008, 07:12:12 AM »
I first started hunting bear with an .06, and I almost exclusively shot 165gr Nosler Partitions. 

These guys are correct that most any jacketed bullet will do the job on bear coming out of a sufficient caliber (energy coefficient) and placed in the boiler room.  With that said, however, when you don't hit a perfect shot, certain characteristics can really save your bacon:  Weight=Heavy; Penetration instead of Expansion.

Bear have thick fur, though skin, lots of fat, and dense bone.  You need a bullet that can penetrate all of that and still do enough damage internally to end the game.  And while a Powerpoint or Accutip might do that in the soft tissues around the lungs (behind the shoulder), a partition (or similar bullet) will do its job regardless - for instance if you aim too far forward and crush a shoulder, or too high and smack a spine.

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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2008, 07:55:37 AM »
:'( No go on the seirra's?

Now I feel all bad, that is all we handloaded for twenty years... :'(

Did you hunt with the match bullets?

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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2008, 09:50:26 AM »
Nope. My dad just brought us all up with seirra boat tail handloads. Nothing special...
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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2008, 02:19:54 PM »
Im going to use TSX on my bear this year.

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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2008, 02:45:42 PM »
I use 160 gr Federal premium Trophy Bonded Bear Claws. I had two occassions with bears where my Remington Core Loks disitigrated into countless small pieces. I went to the TB Bear claws and they really hold together, especially when you hit bone.

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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2008, 04:36:39 PM »
I'm with Cowboy on the trophy bonded bear claws. I also use the federal premium with the nosler partition. The only difference for me is bigger is better, 180 grain all the time,bear, elk and deer.  my  :twocents:

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Re: Bear Hunting Bullets
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