Favorite bear medicine?

Wife will be using her Steyr in 7mm-08 loaded with 140 gr Sierra Pro Hunters.
I will be using my Marlin 336ER in 356 Win with 200 gr Power Points, and if presented with a short shot, may use my Marlin 1894S in 41 Rem Mag with Winchester 240 gr Platinum Tips
 
Suther said:
Well yeah, you used a cup and core bullet at magnum speeds (one that's known to be on the explosive side no less)... That's asking for a shallow wound and a blown up bullet...

With the sks they would be going much slower, where they will be far less likely to fail miserably. Now, I wouldn't pick the sst either due to its tendency to come apart (not to mention the poor sectional density of a 123gr 30cal pill) but there aren't a lot of other options for 310cal bullets. A 311cal 150gr soft point (such as what PRVI makes for 303) would probably make good medicine though assuming you keep range short enough to keep velocity high enough to expand.
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Exactly right, in all respects. 65 yards with a 7mm SST going 3100 fps isn't good, it's the situation least likely to be good. The same load at 300 yards plus would do much better. 7RM with a 139 SST is a varmint load or one for long range on medium game.

Aiming for the shoulder on a bear is a risky shot also... the vitals are well back of the shoulder, and if you miss bone it's a flesh wound if it's a 90 deg broadside shot. If you'd actually smashed the shoulder joint, the bear wouldn't have gone anywhere or would have limped off on three legs. I suspect the same shot a foot back would have laid it out, putting an SST through thin rib cage into the heart/lungs.

Not sure this was the bullet's fault, but rather a fault in shot placement and selection of load for the task.
 
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I use my 270wsm with 140 Accubonds for everything. Did a quick job on my first bear.

I have been carrying my 375H&H the past couple years just to see what it does but I ended up passing on the bears I saw.

I recently put a Sako Bavarian Carbine 30-06 together with a Leupold 1-5X20. I dialled her in with 190 Accubonds just for bears. Hopefully this year I find a big boar.
 
Me - Remington model 14 in 35 Rem
Son #1 Remington model 700 in 270 Win
Son #2. Browning model 92 in 44 mag
Son # 3 Lee Enfield in 303 Brit
Can't wait this will be the first year in a while we'll all be together for bruins
 
If I go out bear hunting this spring, my top choice will be my 6.5 Grendel SLR

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I haven't taken my Ruger GSR out yet either, so I may grab that if I'm feeling like a bolt action day.

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