7 Rem Mag 150 Barnes TSX... good enough for Grizz?

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I drew a grizzly tag in the LEH this year in the same MU as my moose/cariboo fly-in hunt. I saw a few Grizz last trip. I am shooting a VZ24 in 7 Rem Mag with 150 Grain Barnes TSX chrono'd at 3220fps which is very good on moose. Is this enough for Grizz with proper shot placement or am I likely to get killed? I'd love to hear from anyone who has used this combo on an Interior BC grizz. I don't want to hike with 2 guns. I can shoot theVZ well to 300 yards.

Thanks gentlemen
 
Shoot straight and have your skinning knife and camera ready. I've never used or seen that combo on a bear but the 150tsx from a 7wsm will shoot through a quartering away Yukon bull moose.
 
I haven't personally used that combo myself and just started reloading Barnes TTSX and TTSX bullets. I would think you'd be just fine with that load combo even Barnes recommends dropping down bullet weight with their all copper bombs! :)
 
i have used 139gmx in a rem7 mag on black bear. hole threw and threw dead bear no bullet to recover. i would happily use your combo if you have nothing larger.
 
I have used the 140gr TSX/TTSX out of my 7mmstw rifles on several moose and elk, and penetration at least equaled the 175gr Partition out of a hunting partners 7mmremmag. I would have no problem using the 150gr TSX on a grizzly.
 
Thanks guys, the fact that no one has said I'm out of my mind speaks volumes. The VZ loves the 150tsx with 66 gr 7828. Don't want to mess with the secret sauce.
 
you also have to remember there is a huge difference between shooting and killing a grizzly and shooting and stopping a charging grizzly intent on doing you harm .

the first scenario could be done with a fairly light rifle ....... the second ... well .... what is the biggest rifle you can shoulder .
 
Years back, my father and his buddies took a big Griz with a .270win and single 130gr soft point. He said it was a 200 metre shot and a clean kill. Knowing my father, it was the cheapest Winchester shelf load he could find. Like others have already mentioned, shot placement.

I was watching a hunting video in which the shooter was carrying a 7wsm. Can't recall the discussion of which bullet he was using, but after a single shot from about 400 metres, the bear ran about 50 metres and piled up dead. I was impressed with the 7mm performance on a big animal.
 
No worries. Go hunting

I wish I had the pic handy but anyways I had a pic of a nice coastal grizzly with an exit hole you could ham several fingers into. The 7RM punched the 160 gr X bullet through both shoulders and kept going. Bear went down, did some thrashing and was out shortly after.
 
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Not my choice but should work, hit him until he stops twitching though.........don't rely on one shot, the tsx bullets tend to leave a small wound channel and exit, not the best performance for heavy game like grizzly. You won't have a problem with penetration but they do transfer much less energy to the critter than say a partition or accubond or A-frame. If you have the opportunity hit him several times, and "pay the insurance" before you walk up to him......one from behind through the hump and spine, is always a good idea, especially if he's a big bear, big bears don't die easy.........
 
My family had pretty much standardized on the 7mm rm with/175 great pills, then some buttplug bureaucrat insisted that we have a minimum of a 30/06 w/180's to Buffalo hunt. Slowly the 300 WM is taking over, not helping sportslodge much as its about half/half rebarreled to buying new
 
burnt_servo said:
you also have to remember there is a huge difference between shooting and killing a grizzly and shooting and stopping a charging grizzly intent on doing you harm .
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It's when the first scenario turns into the second that one would really wish they were carrying something a bit bigger than a deer rifle.
 
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