257 Roberts for grizzly?

kombi1976 said:
I guess the question is how likely it is for the situation to change from the former to the latter?
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That is a valid point, and is certainly worth considering before embarking on a big bear hunt. Gary Shelton recomends the .338 Winchester as a minimum for grizzly - and further recomends that rifles of this power be carried in grizzly country even when hunting game other than bears.

Still - one must use what is within one's ability to use. I think many people assume that large rifles are beyond their ability and won't try them. Just yesterday, a 16 year old kid tried my .375 loaded with full powered 270 gr. bullets. With some instruction of how to hold a powerful rifle, he had no trouble with the effects of 50 ft/lbs of recoil shooting off hand. He said he had fired his dad's .30-30 and found it unpleasant, and firing 12 gauge slugs had simply over whelmed him - but that shooting my rifle was fun...so until you try you never know. If the only center-fire rifle I shot had been a Moisen-Nagant 7.62X54R carbine I would of assumed that powerful rifles were beyond my ability and would be shooting a .243.
 
Thar's been a highjacking going on in this here thread:rolleyes:

We need a new thread called .25 and below for dangerous game??:cool:

It seems everyone forgot about Terri a few pages back.:rolleyes:
 
Boomer said:
If the only center-fire rifle I shot had been a Moisen-Nagant 7.62X54R carbine I would of assumed that powerful rifles were beyond my ability and would be shooting a .243.
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HAHAHA

I agree!! Last year at Haggisfest I was shooting Woodchoppers Nagant from prone and I was thinking "this thing bloody BITES you in the shoulder!':D :eek:

I switched to my 375 H&H from prone and it was much nicer:)

Mosen-Nagant must have had a real mean streak in them when they designed this rifle;)


Wow....full on hijack now..heheheh

Anyway, I think Terri woudl be amused that her shooting a nice bear with a 25 cal rifle has generated such controversy among the experts on CGN.:cool:
 
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