cowboybart wrote:
That's a good read. BIG bear at 1300 lb!!! Not to take anything away from the load, shooter or bear, but my situation is slightly different. While the bears here go 600-800 lbs, most are in the 650 range (half of the weight of the bear in the thread), the one I might have to shoot at will be coming at me with all of hell's fury. Animals are easier to kill if they don't know your there. If they are full of adrenaline, it takes more to stop them. Given the performance of the above load and the penetration thru a lot of bear, I think a 300 gr bullet will make me sleep OK. I am a heavy bullet kind of guy, rather than a velocity person.
Thanx for all the tips, now to go out and find the parts for the build.
Hell yes. And if you can find those Speer 300 grain deep curls, try those with some 1680! I tested some 250 grain deep curls and they did okay. I need to revisit that bullet and test a sweet spot (node) I found.