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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Factory rifle vs custom build
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2167953" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>I don't live in brown bear country, but when I was on a work detail in Anchorage, a surveyor showed me a video of shooting a brown bear with a .338 Win Mag. I thought that was an elephant gun until I saw that bear still moving after 4 shots and still trying to get up after the 5th shot to the shoulder. If I were hunting big bear country, I'd want a bigger caliber with a very heavy flat nosed bullet as the second bullet in the chamber. The Forest Service requires surveyors to have a rifleman (or woman) with a .458 Win Mag on overlook. </p><p></p><p>Unless you shoot an awful lot, reloading isn't that big a deal. I use a Lee hand loader, and do my case prep in my recliner in front of the TV. High powered cartridges take more strength, but my light 7mm WSM shells are sized easily. I was shooting my boss's 7mm Rem Mag and shot some of my handloads. He said he didn't realize his rifle could shoot those kind of groups. And that load wasn't even tuned to his rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2167953, member: 29323"] I don't live in brown bear country, but when I was on a work detail in Anchorage, a surveyor showed me a video of shooting a brown bear with a .338 Win Mag. I thought that was an elephant gun until I saw that bear still moving after 4 shots and still trying to get up after the 5th shot to the shoulder. If I were hunting big bear country, I'd want a bigger caliber with a very heavy flat nosed bullet as the second bullet in the chamber. The Forest Service requires surveyors to have a rifleman (or woman) with a .458 Win Mag on overlook. Unless you shoot an awful lot, reloading isn't that big a deal. I use a Lee hand loader, and do my case prep in my recliner in front of the TV. High powered cartridges take more strength, but my light 7mm WSM shells are sized easily. I was shooting my boss's 7mm Rem Mag and shot some of my handloads. He said he didn't realize his rifle could shoot those kind of groups. And that load wasn't even tuned to his rifle. [/QUOTE]
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