caliber matter

[joe-nwt]

P.S. I really wanted to talk about the caliber for an up close and personal grizzly attack i believe something as large as 375 or bigger. Of course ive never been there so have no idea just preference from a big fear of death by grizzly.

You're talking to the wrong crowd.......

 

[catnthehatt]

Generally a double rifle will be regulated for one specific load only. The rifle itself should have that information on the flats.

Regulation is a very long drawn out process of shooting the rifle and then adjusting the barrles until they shoot together at a specific distance, usually between 75 and 100 yards. Just one of the things that makes these rifles so expensive.

I may have been muisunderstodd on the "double" thing - Mine is an o/u and is very easy to zero using the scope for the top barrel, and adjusting the bottom barrel with a jack screw.
The top barrel should be checked after as well, but it's pretty easy to do.
As far as bullets go, I've only sen 220's, 250's 285's and 286's in the 9.3 caliber.
Cat

 

[Gibbs505]

OK, that makes it easier!

 

[huntinstuff]

Dump nothing. Buy more guns. You must have at least one gun in each caliber that exists. - dan

Dan for Prime Minister........Best line in a long time

 

[a j cave]

for my.02 I love the H&H 375, they are great with cast bullets and can take anything that u want. that said a deer at 200 yds wont know the dif. from 270 to 375. Go with the 375 (witch ever cal u want) . I dont think you'll be sorry. good luck AJ

 

[rem338win]

I'm with dogleg, dump the 338 and get the 375. 300 gr bullets at 2500 fps will dump just about anything.

And my 2550 with 275 Swifts won`t I think either or will do the job very well. And while you are at it, follow Dan`s advise. He is a very smart man

Nice to see someone else notices this as well.

I noticed you two noticing, and I am sending out a notice, that I myself am also noticing this same noticeable attribute.
I had a blackie, me and a .223 at feet, not yards, once, and I am still typing. (he probably died of old age, but I made that gun work, and my shorts brown if ya catch my drift)

 

[crazy_davey]

I noticed you two noticing, and I am sending out a notice, that I myself am also noticing this same noticeable attribute.
I had a blackie, me and a .223 at feet, not yards, once, and I am still typing. (he probably died of old age, but I made that gun work, and my shorts brown if ya catch my drift)

Wow! It is amazing that you were so close to a black bear yet still alive to tell the story

 

[sbtennex]

There ain't no such thing as too dead......

 

[Neo]

Dump nothing. Buy more guns. You must have at least one gun in each caliber that exists. - dan

Hmm... I used to think so, and had the collection to prove it. But as time goes by, I'm more and more of the mind that the idea is to own one good rifle and shoot one of everything with it

 

[dan belisle]

That's what THEY want you to to think Neo, but it isn't real! You have to have more guns, think of the children! - dan

 

[the_big_mike]

Match the caliber to the game.

Sure, it doesn't matter if a .243 round hits the lungs on a bear or if a 375 round does. They'll both kill it dead.

But.

I wouldn't want a .243 when I am hunting bear. The fat clogs the exit holes a lot, and it may not leave much of a blood trail. Tracking can be a PITA, and I wouldn't want to just stumble across a wounded & dying bear.

I'd prefer a .375 over a .338 for bear hunting as well. 338 is more of a distance shooting round IMO, and a 375 would be much better up close.

Of course, where I hunt, I'd prefer a 45/70 over anything else.

 

[rem338win]

Wow! It is amazing that you were so close to a black bear yet still alive to tell the story

I know, I know, but I ain't a whole man anymore I'll tell ya, I ain't (sniff).