Bighorn origin 22 creedmoor with an 85.5 Berger bullet doing 3360, headin to idaho soon
Great cartridge, great rifle. Way ahead of its time, back "in the day"!!!Early season fall Black Bear in the Adirondacks will be a 1895M Marlin in .450Marlin with 365gr Leverevolutions.
Wade, I like your style. For me, not spring , but fall bear hunting in the north woods of Maine. Going to bring my just rebored 20" Interarms Mark X in 35 whelen.
How did you know?35 Whelen, 225gr Barnes TSX, 235lb bear, 50-60 yards, center mass entry, exit behind left shoulder, bear dropped in its tracks. I've posted this photo in a couple of threads, maybe even this one in a previous reply. I plan on trying the 223gr Shock Hammers in the Whelen this year. I was going to try them last year, however did not get them in enough time to get some range time in with them in the rifle. Gonna be interesting!! The Whelen is a tough one to beat; however.....the 45-70 does a really good job as well. The the through-and-through from the 45-70 does not need a lot of work to track if the bear does in fact go anywhere.
We load the 300gr Barnes TSX FB, we've gotten excellent performance with these bullets.How did you know?
I plan on loading 225 tsx. And bringing the 45-70 GSBL just because.