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.444 vs 45-70 vs 30-30
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 703554" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I never ever want to shoot a grizzley bear, but when you meet that 600lb. male face to face on a back trail you often have no choice. I was (still am) very comfortable with the .444, but also know it limitations. I did the shotgun thing the first couple times out (3" lion slugs), but always found myself looking over my shoulder.. After doing some testing on a target set at 60 feet from me (five feet high) I found I could put four 265 grain bullets in an area the size of a half dollar standing up (I later got the groups better). I got similar results with the 300 grain Speers, and about 25% bigger with the 330 grain Corbons shooting as fast as I could work the action and still sighting it on the target area. Four hits in the sternum equales about 10,000lb. of energy! And the 300 grain Speer bullet has a much heavier build than regular 44 mag bullets. (300grain bullet at 2200fps). I load mine to 2100fps, so the energy will be a little less. I never trusted a bolt action rifle for a series of fast shooting at 50 to 60 feet in the panic mode.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 703554, member: 25383"] I never ever want to shoot a grizzley bear, but when you meet that 600lb. male face to face on a back trail you often have no choice. I was (still am) very comfortable with the .444, but also know it limitations. I did the shotgun thing the first couple times out (3" lion slugs), but always found myself looking over my shoulder.. After doing some testing on a target set at 60 feet from me (five feet high) I found I could put four 265 grain bullets in an area the size of a half dollar standing up (I later got the groups better). I got similar results with the 300 grain Speers, and about 25% bigger with the 330 grain Corbons shooting as fast as I could work the action and still sighting it on the target area. Four hits in the sternum equales about 10,000lb. of energy! And the 300 grain Speer bullet has a much heavier build than regular 44 mag bullets. (300grain bullet at 2200fps). I load mine to 2100fps, so the energy will be a little less. I never trusted a bolt action rifle for a series of fast shooting at 50 to 60 feet in the panic mode. gary [/QUOTE]
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