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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2013489" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>There's .024 thousands of an inch difference. I don't know of too many big game hunters who rely on a bullet tumbling in an animal, and.....there's no guarantee that the bullet "will" tumble. Bullets are designed to penetrate and expand. As I stated in a previous reply either rifle would get the job done, for black bear you want/need the largest "thru-and-thru" hole that you can make in a bear for tracking purposes so would select the .300WinMag. I've read on this forum where people have stated that they have shot black bear with a .243 Winchester and "that" bear dropped right where it was shot. It has been my experience that black bear are resilient and can/will take a bullet and run. My last bear was shot with a Barnes TSX FB 300gr hollow point bullet at 60 yards out of a 45-70. The shot was broadside and slightly quartering, entered three-inches behind the front shoulder and taking out the last two ribs on the other side about 2800 foot pounds of energy. The bear turned and walked away about 15 yards fell, then tried to get up three times before I shot it again. Five days before that my sun shot a bear with a bear with a 35 Whelen shooting a 225gr Barnes TSX running about 2700fps. He was in a tree stand, the shot entered about 4 inches behind the left shoulder and exited in about the same area on the opposite side. That bear ran between 20-30 yards before it died. That bear was easy to track due to the blood trail. The entry hole was as big as a quarter and the exit hole was twice that size; he took the heart out with the shot. Take whatever rifle that you want in my opinion they will/ought to get the job done, but please don't plan on that/any bullet tumbling to get the job done. I also asked in a previous reply what your definition of "long-range" was?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2013489, member: 69192"] There's .024 thousands of an inch difference. I don't know of too many big game hunters who rely on a bullet tumbling in an animal, and.....there's no guarantee that the bullet "will" tumble. Bullets are designed to penetrate and expand. As I stated in a previous reply either rifle would get the job done, for black bear you want/need the largest "thru-and-thru" hole that you can make in a bear for tracking purposes so would select the .300WinMag. I've read on this forum where people have stated that they have shot black bear with a .243 Winchester and "that" bear dropped right where it was shot. It has been my experience that black bear are resilient and can/will take a bullet and run. My last bear was shot with a Barnes TSX FB 300gr hollow point bullet at 60 yards out of a 45-70. The shot was broadside and slightly quartering, entered three-inches behind the front shoulder and taking out the last two ribs on the other side about 2800 foot pounds of energy. The bear turned and walked away about 15 yards fell, then tried to get up three times before I shot it again. Five days before that my sun shot a bear with a bear with a 35 Whelen shooting a 225gr Barnes TSX running about 2700fps. He was in a tree stand, the shot entered about 4 inches behind the left shoulder and exited in about the same area on the opposite side. That bear ran between 20-30 yards before it died. That bear was easy to track due to the blood trail. The entry hole was as big as a quarter and the exit hole was twice that size; he took the heart out with the shot. Take whatever rifle that you want in my opinion they will/ought to get the job done, but please don't plan on that/any bullet tumbling to get the job done. I also asked in a previous reply what your definition of "long-range" was? [/QUOTE]
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