338 win mag vs brown bear books

The great bears of north america are the largest land predators on earth. All other things being equal, a bigger bullet will make a bigger hole, cause more tissue damage. The outfitter uses 210 partitions federals load, i think while my guide uses the 250 grain partition in the federal load. I used trophy bonded bear claws but have had great results with barnes on many other hunts. They have all been proven in the field and have done well and ammo is not very hard to come by on any of them. Bears you cant go wrong with the 338 and premium 225 or 250 grain bullets. Quite a number of times i watched a black tail deer get hit and a brown bear was on the deer before the hunter had chambered another round. Like someone else said, make a good first shot and then keep shooting. Many alaskans including myself have taken brown bear with the. The outfitter and most of the guides used 338 win mag as their back up rifles, mostly with factory loads. When a motivated bruin is bound and determined for a upclose meet and greet, its nice to have the insurance the. I think in general for that caliber 225 grain bullets have the best sectional density for penetration.

I did use barnes xbullets for awhile and they were excellent as well. Back home in dixie just got back from a brown bear hunt. Grizzly and brown bears are actually the same species, the distinction between the two being geographic rather than genetic. I have shot four brown bears, three with the 338 and it works great. A rifle for hunting alaska black bear, bou, moose and of lucky to draw a brown bear tag one day. If you are going to hunt brown bear on the alaska peninsula or kodiak island, a. Heres a short black bear hunt with my friends, dion and nev. American rifleman what im shooting nowsako 85 brown bear. One wellrespected outfitter in alaska used to require his bear guides to carry a. Grizzly, brown and polar bear cartridges by chuck hawks. Practically any repeater chambered for small bore cartridges on the order of the.