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What bullet for black bears?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2776763" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>While I agree with your points and like your choice of the 358Win for black bears; the poster never said he was only interested in hunting SPRING bears. The bear in the photo was shot in the fall and had an unusually heavy layer of fat. It had to be 8" think over his back. The point being that larger diameter bullets are better for bears than smaller diameter bullets, all else being equal, IMO</p><p></p><p>As far as penetration goes, in all the bears that I've killed over the years with a 45-70, only one bear stopped the bullet. It was a 300lb+ bear and I shot him on the shoulder with a 300gr Barnes TSX. The bullet went through his shoulder and lodged in his spine. He dropped to the shot. Even soft bullets of 400gr or so just sail through bears hit broadside through the lungs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2776763, member: 313"] While I agree with your points and like your choice of the 358Win for black bears; the poster never said he was only interested in hunting SPRING bears. The bear in the photo was shot in the fall and had an unusually heavy layer of fat. It had to be 8" think over his back. The point being that larger diameter bullets are better for bears than smaller diameter bullets, all else being equal, IMO As far as penetration goes, in all the bears that I've killed over the years with a 45-70, only one bear stopped the bullet. It was a 300lb+ bear and I shot him on the shoulder with a 300gr Barnes TSX. The bullet went through his shoulder and lodged in his spine. He dropped to the shot. Even soft bullets of 400gr or so just sail through bears hit broadside through the lungs. [/QUOTE]
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