moose-bear calibre?

[ratherbefishin]

if you were limited to either a 300, 338 , or 35 magnum,which would you choose for moose-bear?

 

[ghillie]

Bear as in Griz or Black

 

[JohnC]

if you're talking black, .300 is fine

If you're talking Grizz, .338 or .375 H&H

 

[sunray]

None of 'em. You don't need a magnum anything for either beastie.

 

[Amphibious]

Moose and bear don't need either. I like greater diameter over velocity, so I'd go with the .338 or .35

 

[bronco_mudder]

All of the above will work, especially if you're talking about black bears.

 

[ckid]

I'd say a .338 win or .340 Wby if grizzlies are an issue, although I don't own either. I use a .45-70 with stiff loads in a Ruger #3, I have had excellent results on black bears and moose with it out to 200 yards.

 

[gth]

I think the 30cals are more than enough, but if I was going to buy a dedicated rifle just for these 2 beasts I would likely get a .338 RUM or WM.

 

[John Spartan]

I'd go with whichever you can shoot most accurately, especially if you have the unlikely possibility of a bear charging you - whether it be a black bear or grizzly.

 

[SuperCub]

I voted for the 35 magnum cuz the Whelen wasn't there.




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[bone-collector]

what does it matter if its a cave bear or a kodiak or a polar bear or that wolly mamoth the americans are trying to clone, a 6.5x55 behind the ear and the hydro goes out

 

[Why not?]

358 Norma Magnum!

 

[Scott_N]

I voted .338.... it seems to be very effective!

 

[Gibbs505]

A 300 will do for hunting any of these. For stopping a inbound upset bear, that now is a different story!

 

[8ball]

Here my last 338 Win. Mag. shot at 225 yards. The 250gr Speer Grand Slam did penetrate from right exiting left or from down to up on the pic. The moose did drop like a rock the bullet all exploding his lungs.

 

[open-sights]

for real? The way I see it the caliber means nothing but a better question might be to match the bullet to the target and then match the caliber to the bullet.

 

[death-junky]

300 win mag will work for everything and it has a wide reange of ammo form 150 gr to 220
talk to ya all later
Riley

 

[bigbull]

The 35 would be equally effective as the 338 but I chose the 338 because of better bullet choices.
bigbull

 

[todbartell]

338 - moderate velocity, high section density, high ballistic coefficient. good penetration and knockdown power
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[ratherbefishin]

the stevens 200 chambers the 300 , but thats as big as they go-which was rh the reason for my question about moose-bear calibres