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Whats the longest shot you would take on a brown bear
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<blockquote data-quote="jwp475" data-source="post: 83815" data-attributes="member: 3776"><p>Do not put you eggs in the energy basket there is no substitutes for frontal area [bore diameter]and penetration on large and dangerous game Martin Fackler of the Army Wound Ballistics Lab list foot pounds of energy as meaningless and the only two factors that are of importance and inorder of importance is 1-penetration and 2-size of the permeant wound channel.A 4 bore Elephant rifle of yester year had more muzzle energy than what is used today but because of the soft lead projectile its penetration was limited and its effectivness was not as good as what is used today with far less energy.I have shot the big bears and a 338 bore is certainly adaquate with proper bullets but no matter the energy it is still no 416</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jwp475, post: 83815, member: 3776"] Do not put you eggs in the energy basket there is no substitutes for frontal area [bore diameter]and penetration on large and dangerous game Martin Fackler of the Army Wound Ballistics Lab list foot pounds of energy as meaningless and the only two factors that are of importance and inorder of importance is 1-penetration and 2-size of the permeant wound channel.A 4 bore Elephant rifle of yester year had more muzzle energy than what is used today but because of the soft lead projectile its penetration was limited and its effectivness was not as good as what is used today with far less energy.I have shot the big bears and a 338 bore is certainly adaquate with proper bullets but no matter the energy it is still no 416 [/QUOTE]
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