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<blockquote data-quote="rharfo" data-source="post: 1703637" data-attributes="member: 50031"><p>I was witness to a black bear massacre last year. 7 Rem mag, 140 accubond at 50 then closed to 10 yards. 200lb boar. 5 shots before it expired. I loaded the ammo and chronographed it for a friend. I'm guess he was hitting the bear anywhere from 2950-3000 FPS. Now he thinks it was a bullet failure and wants me to load 120 grain. I'm trying to explain that we should go 160 grain. Slow the bullet down and add some weight for the short range brush shots. Of course it wasn't a bullet failure just a mess. Would love to hunt them out west - glass them , dial and shoot. Tough to get standing-feeding shots in the brush where I hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rharfo, post: 1703637, member: 50031"] I was witness to a black bear massacre last year. 7 Rem mag, 140 accubond at 50 then closed to 10 yards. 200lb boar. 5 shots before it expired. I loaded the ammo and chronographed it for a friend. I’m guess he was hitting the bear anywhere from 2950-3000 FPS. Now he thinks it was a bullet failure and wants me to load 120 grain. I’m trying to explain that we should go 160 grain. Slow the bullet down and add some weight for the short range brush shots. Of course it wasn’t a bullet failure just a mess. Would love to hunt them out west - glass them , dial and shoot. Tough to get standing-feeding shots in the brush where I hunt. [/QUOTE]
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