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.338LM bullet selection for Coastal Brown bears
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<blockquote data-quote="Tikkamike" data-source="post: 547141" data-attributes="member: 22242"><p>Looks Like elkoholic beat a few of us to the punch. Here is my experience. if you flat out want to put an animal on the ground crush bone and do serious damage then the 250 TSX or 265 LRX or the 285 TSX are all really good options. I would pick the 265 LRX personally. However I shoot a target/varmint bullet (300 SMK) out of my 338LM and it works but only because im shooting thin skinned game like deer and antelope. I Have shot a cow elk and my sister a bull with my rifle and the 300 SMK put it down no doubt just because 300 grains is soo much lead it has to go somewhere and it takes a good bit of meat and bone to stop all of that inertia. But it doesnt blow big holes through them like it will a deer. I think the 300 Berger or SMK will work no problem for the reasons listed above. but If it were my hunt I would be working up a load with 265 LRX for the extra insurance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tikkamike, post: 547141, member: 22242"] Looks Like elkoholic beat a few of us to the punch. Here is my experience. if you flat out want to put an animal on the ground crush bone and do serious damage then the 250 TSX or 265 LRX or the 285 TSX are all really good options. I would pick the 265 LRX personally. However I shoot a target/varmint bullet (300 SMK) out of my 338LM and it works but only because im shooting thin skinned game like deer and antelope. I Have shot a cow elk and my sister a bull with my rifle and the 300 SMK put it down no doubt just because 300 grains is soo much lead it has to go somewhere and it takes a good bit of meat and bone to stop all of that inertia. But it doesnt blow big holes through them like it will a deer. I think the 300 Berger or SMK will work no problem for the reasons listed above. but If it were my hunt I would be working up a load with 265 LRX for the extra insurance. [/QUOTE]
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