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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 431469" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I should have mentioned: My bear/camp loads are also employed on short range encounters with game animals, when they fall in my lap. I don't spend near as much time fine tuning and developing these camps loads, as the accuracy required to kill an large game animal out to ~300 yards is generally a gimme - not difficult to accomplish with almost any bullet and load combination.</p><p></p><p>I've never shot a game animal with the 300gr SMK, so I'll be interested to hear any additional responses to your question. </p><p></p><p>I do own a .338 Imperial Magnum - well I did own one. Kirby reworked it to a .338 Edge. They're virtually identical. The shoulder on the Edge is move forward maybe an extra 0.030" for very slightly greater case capacity. I'll be hunting Kodiak bear next spring. I've used the 225 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw to dispatch two brown bears on prior hunts with the former .338 Imperial. Their affect on these two animals was <em>devastating</em>. One very large boar (squared 10' 5") was killed outright with a broadside shot through the ribs behind both front shoulders at a distance of ~130 yds. That bear never so much as let out a twitch of movement - other than to collapse. The other bear was already wounded and trying to escape. One shot to the same location incapacitated this bear. He never regained all fours - and that was with the adrenaline pumping 100%. As a result of the experiences on these two mature boars, at this time I believe I'll be carrying some 225 Trophy Bonded Bear Claws on the upcoming Spring 2011 brown bear hunt. </p><p></p><p>I find myself using the 300 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, and .280 RCBS Improved for my non-brown bear hunts. So I can't speak with any experience on use of the 300gr SMKs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 431469, member: 4191"] I should have mentioned: My bear/camp loads are also employed on short range encounters with game animals, when they fall in my lap. I don't spend near as much time fine tuning and developing these camps loads, as the accuracy required to kill an large game animal out to ~300 yards is generally a gimme - not difficult to accomplish with almost any bullet and load combination. I've never shot a game animal with the 300gr SMK, so I'll be interested to hear any additional responses to your question. I do own a .338 Imperial Magnum - well I did own one. Kirby reworked it to a .338 Edge. They're virtually identical. The shoulder on the Edge is move forward maybe an extra 0.030" for very slightly greater case capacity. I'll be hunting Kodiak bear next spring. I've used the 225 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw to dispatch two brown bears on prior hunts with the former .338 Imperial. Their affect on these two animals was [I]devastating[/I]. One very large boar (squared 10' 5") was killed outright with a broadside shot through the ribs behind both front shoulders at a distance of ~130 yds. That bear never so much as let out a twitch of movement - other than to collapse. The other bear was already wounded and trying to escape. One shot to the same location incapacitated this bear. He never regained all fours - and that was with the adrenaline pumping 100%. As a result of the experiences on these two mature boars, at this time I believe I'll be carrying some 225 Trophy Bonded Bear Claws on the upcoming Spring 2011 brown bear hunt. I find myself using the 300 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, and .280 RCBS Improved for my non-brown bear hunts. So I can't speak with any experience on use of the 300gr SMKs. [/QUOTE]
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