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I have shot alot of bears from 150 lbs. up to 385 field dressed , truth is any gun will kill a bear given the right conditions if every thing is right however it's not always right. The300 win mag is perfect your 165 gr. bullets are what i believe would be the right choice. I shot a smaller bear with my 300 win. mag using 150 grain ballistic tips being pushed by 76.5 grains of 4350, very hot load devastating to all game.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24th, 2008 03:41 AM |
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Dad always said "you can't kill them too dead" on the other hand not dead enough can create a world of problems all its own. after saftey his three biggest things for hunting were shot placement ,shot placement and shot placement . . . 
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I been using the SPEER 30cal 180gr magnum mag-tips for many years. I get excellent bullet expansion and a clean quick kill with them. I tested them in wet sand at first and went out and field tested them in black bears with both results being the same with good expansion both times.
I maybe old school but i like testing a new reloads at the sand & gravel pit just after a light rain so the sand is clean and wet. I like knowing what my bullet is doing before i hunt with it.
Since my 30-06 days I have bumped up to a 338winmag using 225gr winchester X bullets and they do there job too its all about shot placement i guess i never had to look for a wounded one yet for some reason they seem to fall down right were i hit them. 
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Big Bill,.......I just love those .338 Winchester mags I do! However, I am not opposed to facing the old black bruin of the woods with my 444 Marlin eilther. I use the Hornady 265 grain "evulution" bullets for the bucks in the woods but for bear I jump up a notch or two, with my handloaded Beartooth hard cast 325 grain bullets. They will make a believer out of any bear!!!
However, if I am going to go after one of those big critters, I am going to put all the odds in my favor and not the bears. I like my Winchester model 70 bolt gun, in the caliber called the .416 Remington with 350 grain Trophy Bonded or Swift A Frame bullets. I once penetrated 5 logs standing back to back, that were some 6 inches thick at 30 yards and ended up going through the middle of a 3.5 inch fir tree, then traveled 10 inches into the sandy dirt bank. Needless to say, I fear NO bear with this rifle in my hands loaded.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28th, 2008 03:03 AM |
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woodsman777
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sure sounds like "Enough Gun" as Theodore like to say
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280gr .356 jsp over 45gr of 4064, mauser 9x57. Just hopin'; the only black bear I've killed was with 14 .22 LR's (just trying to keep him from killing my dog.) The big ones do take a heap of killin'! mind yer topknot! windy
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How about a 458 Win Mag? And a gun barer (no pun intended) with a heavier caliber rifle.
Jerry
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