Grizzly Rifle

todbartell said:
As mentioned, the 30-06 with premium bullets is a sensible minimum. I'd take that even further, 308 Win with a 180gr Partition or accubond. Keep shot distances between 75 and 175 yards, ensure placement is surgical. I like the 375 Ruger m77, very portable, accurate, reliable and gives good performance downrange. Doesn't kick any worse than a 300 Win Mag either

I'll also add - big difference between shooting a grizzly across a slide at 150 yards, and going into the willows looking for him after the shot. I'm pretty sure any cartridge from 6.5 Swede on up, with good bullets, will kill a bear. But what do you want in your hands when you're wading through this #### following the blood trail, if there is one?

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rifle in the bag and grizzly hunting?
 
Bartledan said:
If I was going on a dedicated grizzly hunt, I'd buy an Accumark in 340 Weatherby.

Please note: I don't know beans about bear hunting. This is just my speculation.

The 340 has plently of grunt to be a morale booster up close and at night, and goes fast for a nice long, flat poke from a safe distance.
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i have a stainless synthethic 340 wea magnum but the barrel is a little long for some hunting areas we have. but a great bison rig ...
 
GUB said:
Buddy use to guide up North. He had a .338 A lot of his American clients had .338's also
The consensus was to use the 210 gr. Most seem to think it had more terminal power as compared to a heavier bullet.
One of his clients used a Browning Bar in .338 for all his hunts world wide
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Gub,

there is many countries where you cant even bring in a semi auto rifle. i do not think this is a good choice but that is just my advice.
 
bearhunter79 said:
Wow this has been great all around advise from everyone. I know the aught 6 will do the job and am very comfortable with it ( its a Sako 85 black bear) and believe me it will be in the truck when I go, but the wife gave me the blessing to buy something new and new it will be. The main reason I started this was because I am going to have to buy something online for lack of selection around me and without the opportunity to handle it first needed everyone,s help.
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You never told us? Will you be by yourself? Or will you be with a guide or hunting buddy?
Hopefully a buddy that isn't a good runner....
 
bearhunter79 said:
Wow this has been great all around advise from everyone. I know the aught 6 will do the job and am very comfortable with it ( its a Sako 85 black bear) and believe me it will be in the truck when I go, but the wife gave me the blessing to buy something new and new it will be. The main reason I started this was because I am going to have to buy something online for lack of selection around me and without the opportunity to handle it first needed everyone,s help.
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yuou already have that sako 85 black bear fits you then i will go with the 9.3x62 even i do not like the idea of a magazine with DG hunting.
 
The sako magazine is a step above most detachable mags though, as you have to push it in while pressing the release to get it free.
 
medvedqc said:
yuou already have that sako 85 black bear fits you then i will go with the 9.3x62 even i do not like the idea of a magazine with DG hunting.
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I like this line of thinking. Some people are advocating WAY too much rifle for our new friend. OP has an '06 and that is his only rifle. A 416 or 458 of any flavour is a very significant step up in power and recoil...too much in my opinion. Now a 9.3x62 or a 375 is a more reasonable proposition and will be easier for the OP to learn to handle and shoot than something in the "large-medium" or large bore families. Nor do you want something with too long a barrel. While a 340 Weatherby would be a great open country grizzly rifle it would just be too long and cumbersome in the bush and it's one that really needs a long barrel.

Honestly, the '06 would be just fine but I can understand wanting a new rifle. For this hunt something with a shorter barrel in the 9.3 or 375 family would be just the ticket.
 
medvedqc said:
rifle in the bag and grizzly hunting?
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pic is of from a mtn goat hunt, my partner navigating through the thick alder mountainside of the Skeena mountains in north west BC.

Grizzly hunting is a lot of this

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a bit of this

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and you'll always end up in the willows. Make mine a 375 Ruger
 
There was a thread on here where a sponsor shot a polar bear on irons with a M46. I guess it would work on grizzly too. Light weight rifle to boot!
 
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