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<blockquote data-quote="CUTTER1" data-source="post: 1655796" data-attributes="member: 94423"><p>As I said previously I use a 375AI in AK, gun was built by my brother with a little help from me. Scoped with 2.5x8 leupold with 3 rounds in the gun and sling weights 7#2oz. Has old Answer System break and Brown Precision Stock! I've taken several bears and elk with it! I took my first grizzly on Kodiac at age 16 (pre64 mod 70 with 4x Redfield) and my guide had an open sited pre64 458.</p><p>First costal was taken off an old fishing boat hunt. The other Hunter was using a 340 Weatherby and factory ammo, first shot was double lung at 100 yard and he shot the bear 3 more times before the guide hit the bear 3 times with a 45-70. The boat captain, deckhand/engineer,& I watched from the boat and we thought both Hunter and guide got nailed by bear as both ended up on the ground (Hunter tripped trying to reload and guide went to knee on second shot). Trust me they needed a roll of paper towels to clean themselves and same applied to the 3 of us on the boat.</p><p>Captain said "I thought they were dead, you are next don't mess up".</p><p>Two days later I took a Hugh bear with my new shinny light 375AI and it was a slam dunk at 55yards but I still was terrified after what I had seen until I knew mine was dead. Bottom line the other hunters bear had 4 hits with none penetrating very deep before the bullets came apart. The Hornady hand loads from the guide gun really did the job and he cycled that lever action like it was full auto! I'll never use anything smaller than a 375 on dangerous game. I used to make fun of a long time friend who used nothing but 375 bolt and a 470 Nitro Express double rifle on multiple trips to Africa, but after the incident above i never did again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CUTTER1, post: 1655796, member: 94423"] As I said previously I use a 375AI in AK, gun was built by my brother with a little help from me. Scoped with 2.5x8 leupold with 3 rounds in the gun and sling weights 7#2oz. Has old Answer System break and Brown Precision Stock! I've taken several bears and elk with it! I took my first grizzly on Kodiac at age 16 (pre64 mod 70 with 4x Redfield) and my guide had an open sited pre64 458. First costal was taken off an old fishing boat hunt. The other Hunter was using a 340 Weatherby and factory ammo, first shot was double lung at 100 yard and he shot the bear 3 more times before the guide hit the bear 3 times with a 45-70. The boat captain, deckhand/engineer,& I watched from the boat and we thought both Hunter and guide got nailed by bear as both ended up on the ground (Hunter tripped trying to reload and guide went to knee on second shot). Trust me they needed a roll of paper towels to clean themselves and same applied to the 3 of us on the boat. Captain said "I thought they were dead, you are next don't mess up". Two days later I took a Hugh bear with my new shinny light 375AI and it was a slam dunk at 55yards but I still was terrified after what I had seen until I knew mine was dead. Bottom line the other hunters bear had 4 hits with none penetrating very deep before the bullets came apart. The Hornady hand loads from the guide gun really did the job and he cycled that lever action like it was full auto! I'll never use anything smaller than a 375 on dangerous game. I used to make fun of a long time friend who used nothing but 375 bolt and a 470 Nitro Express double rifle on multiple trips to Africa, but after the incident above i never did again! [/QUOTE]
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