Spring black bear! 8x68s in action

[dgradinaru]

Thought I'd share, tagged out on 200lb meat bear, 300 yard shot, bear dropped on the spot. Double shoulder shot with my brno 8x68s at 2820 fps, found the 224gr RWS cone point bullet on the off side. Recovered weight 134gr, so 60% weight retention. Bullet in my opinion is on the softer side, will get around this summer to load the 220gr Sierra gameking, woodleigh, or a 200gr nosler accubond.

One more tag to go.

Looking forward for some good sausage and hamburger.

 

[dan belisle]

Nice, and a great cartridge choice. I found the 220 gr Hornadys a little tougher than the Sierras, and the Remington bullets of the same weight did surprisingly well. - dan

 

[jbmauser]

Nice rifle, nice scenery and nice bear! Not the nicest bullet performance lol.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Nice job.

 

[DFarmer]

Nice rifle, nice scenery and nice bear! Not the nicest bullet performance lol.

A double shoulder shot dropped on the spot, I think that the bullet performed very well.
I would imagine there were a few big bones impacted.

 

[zywina]

Great Calibre! And Awesome RWS brass, wish we had a supplier here in Canada for there brass;
Nice rifle, one calibre I been looking for in a Brno!

 

[jbmauser]

We have different opinions.

A double shoulder shot dropped on the spot, I think that the bullet performed very well.
I would imagine there were a few big bones impacted.

 

[MiG25]

Nice

 

[DFarmer]

We have different opinions.

And I am ok with that.

 

[FLHTCUI]

We have different opinions.

134 grn retention of bullet is much better than any .223 would retain.
See the .223 thread for the be all end all enough cal for any NA game.
But, you are correct it is your opinion and differ you may.

 

[hoytcanon]

Good stuff, Daniel... I used a couple different rigs for bears this year, I took the first one with my Ruger M77 Mark II Carbine .458 Win Mag using the Barnes Original 400 grain SSP... I have been carrying this rifle throughout the spring bear guide season, but it was never called into service, which is the way I like it.


The second one, I took with a Ruger M77 Mark II Carbine that I just put together in .350 Rem Mag using 250 grain Partitions.



The .458 WM bear was taken through the shoulders and went straight down and rolled over. The .350 RM bear was shot through the top of the heart and ran about 100 yards, unfortunately, up a ridge and through a whack of blowdowns... was covered in sweat by the time I got him to the boat. I'm all set for bear sausage for the year. The long wait to the fall hunting is on... guess I will have to get the walleye rods out and blow off the dust.

 

[WhelanLad]

Lovely photos gdrad bro

 

[freddyfour]

dgradinaru, good looking bear and rifle! Love those Brno's.