.375 Ruger VS .338 Ultra

[TeacherMan]

I think I would rather have my 338Ultra when a 1000lb grizzle is charging me because I accidentally got between her and her cubs and she just wants to kill me. I have a 7mm mag, it would work, but I would rather have a little more POWER if my life depends on it, and you just never know...

[huntnphool]

I think I would rather have my 338Ultra when a 1000lb grizzle is charging me because I accidentally got between her and her cubs and she just wants to kill me. I have a 7mm mag, it would work, but I would rather have a little more POWER if my life depends on it, and you just never know...

*censored*, there is a better chance of me getting shot by a gang bangor out here in Tacoma than to see a Griz out there, no worries

[TeacherMan]

You dont live in Curlew, there are 40 pair that are collared from Ferry to the Idaho boarder on the Canadian boarder. The boarder patrol got a nice pic 3 miles from my house last year of one sniffing one of their cameras. They are where I live...

[littletoes]

I iz just a few below you TeacherMan, what  cha' teach? Hopefully not english! Wife says I type like a retard....

Have 'nuther friend that has everything on the shelf to build a four-five-eight, didn't think I'd want to shoot it, but I just might want too now.

Talked to them by-all-a-gists, they don tolt me that if there was two grizzes in worshing-ton at any one time, we'd be lucky....just more prop-o-ganda to fuel the non huntin' types....but yep, there iz 'bout 28 on the books though.

Most spend they-re time in OOOOOO Can-a-duh. 

[MountainWalk]

Shoot, if I had a four five eight, I would prolly elk hunt with it. I just like the big guns. They are lots of fun to shoot once you learn how to roll with them.

[WDFW-SUX]

The reason I have a 375 ultra is for brownies in AK and it feels really small when your in the thick stuff looking for a 1000lb carnivor.  My next big bore will either be a 416 Weatherby or a 378 Weatherby.  Most likely a 416.

[littletoes]

If I had any one of them, I'd hunt with em too!

I think it would be fun, and would get 'er done, thats fer sure!

[Antlershed]

Damn, I was thinking about the 325wsm, and I thought that might be too much gun for what I need. You can only kill them so dead. 

[littletoes]

I was checking the ballistics of the 375 Ultra and the 378 Weatherby....they are so close that I just don't think there is enough differance between 'em to justify the purchase...UNLESS you just "want" one, I get THAT.

Think I would pick on the 416 Rigby myself. No belt, and room for plenty of powder, pluss it has a "History".

What cha think??

[MountainWalk]

The Rigby wouldnt be a bad choice and it would have plenty tradition behind it, but if I had to go over 375 and under 458, I would take a 416 Remington.  But I couldnt argue with anyone that wanted a Rigby.

[TeacherMan]

I teach science, NOT english, my kids tell me thats a good thing all the time. I actually have worked with WDFW aswell and there are more Griz in this state than you would think. From Curlew to Sullivan Lake into the Salmo Priest is a big area. My father in law also lives in Alaska and that is somewhere I've always wanted to hunt, someday, at least I have the gun. Besides, big guns are just fun. I can tell you I've never had to track anything that I've shot with it, well except that chipmunk...

[MountainWalk]

I think that the big wby's and bigger ultra mags would prolly not feed as well in a high stress situation, and the rems and wby's are not CRF rifles. I would not knowingly hunt the big big stuff with a push feed/ fingernail extractor rifle.

[TeacherMan]

They may not work for you, I feel I'm fast enough with mine. I shoot alot, more in a month that most in a life time. This makes me confident in my equipment. I think over time a hunter turns into a machine with his actions when he or she is using a tool that they know in and out. When the time comes to pull the trigger I become very focused and put it together. You are correct in terms that is isn't as fast as a side-by-side, but I have 4 shots not 2. But I have more confidence in my bolt that a lever, since I'm not use to a lever I short stroke them when I'm in a hurry. The Remington 700 action is one of the best fail safe action in my opinion a person can have. They will take a beating. 

[MountainWalk]

My friend, no one mentioned a double rifle. And it is not a matter of being fast. It is a matter of a rifle being able to force a round into the chamber or extract it out no matter what. This is why the 98 mauser is so popular in Africa. The push feeds can not function sideways, upside down, or whatever.

Fingernail extracxtors have a most disturbingly bad habit of sheering off or breaking in high stress situations. The number of African PH'S or Alaskan brown bear guides using them is almost zero. And for good reason.

[TeacherMan]

That's funny, I actually got my gun in Alaska, my fahter-in-law has one, and several of his friends shoot the 375ultra, all hunting and shooting Alaska big game every year. I guess I will have to just count on that first shot knocking it down, with 4500 foot pounds of energy it should do it. Another round that I've been looking into is the 30-378 weatherby, what do you think about it. My father-in-law can get a weatherby on base discounted for $750, normally $1300.