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<blockquote data-quote="Clem Bronkoski" data-source="post: 2558560" data-attributes="member: 110518"><p>This is exactly what turned me off on the .308. Now the bullets weren't ballistic tips but were 150 gr core-lokts. I jumped a big black bear at 50 yards and as it was running right to left I hit him too far back (it rained hard the night before and he was soaking wet) and saw the water splash. I cycled the 760 and swung ahead of him but he didn't come into the scope. I lifted my head and he was coming right at me. I timed his lope that when his huge melon went up at about 30 yards I hit him square in the chest. Cycled the pump and did the same thing this time at 20 yards. He turned right and my 4th shot as I was swinging on him smacked a small tree and saw the wood chips flying. My 5th shot caught him right behind the shoulder as he dove into the laurel. I tracked that bear through the laurel on my hands and knees for about 150 yards before the bleeding stopped. I heard 2 shots another 200 yards or so out and some old gentleman finished off that bear with his 30-06. </p><p>If, and I doubt if I ever will, I were to use a 308 for bear again I will be using 180 gr bullets, probably Barnes TSX. My theory is use a bullet big enough for the worse scenario.</p><p>BTW me and the old timer estimated the bear to go between 400 and 450 lbs. We were close because I saw him a year later and the bear dressed weight was 386 lb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clem Bronkoski, post: 2558560, member: 110518"] This is exactly what turned me off on the .308. Now the bullets weren't ballistic tips but were 150 gr core-lokts. I jumped a big black bear at 50 yards and as it was running right to left I hit him too far back (it rained hard the night before and he was soaking wet) and saw the water splash. I cycled the 760 and swung ahead of him but he didn't come into the scope. I lifted my head and he was coming right at me. I timed his lope that when his huge melon went up at about 30 yards I hit him square in the chest. Cycled the pump and did the same thing this time at 20 yards. He turned right and my 4th shot as I was swinging on him smacked a small tree and saw the wood chips flying. My 5th shot caught him right behind the shoulder as he dove into the laurel. I tracked that bear through the laurel on my hands and knees for about 150 yards before the bleeding stopped. I heard 2 shots another 200 yards or so out and some old gentleman finished off that bear with his 30-06. If, and I doubt if I ever will, I were to use a 308 for bear again I will be using 180 gr bullets, probably Barnes TSX. My theory is use a bullet big enough for the worse scenario. BTW me and the old timer estimated the bear to go between 400 and 450 lbs. We were close because I saw him a year later and the bear dressed weight was 386 lb. [/QUOTE]
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