well the reason i asked i just bought one off my uncles neighbor for 200 bucks uncle called me said its a great looking gun guy wants 200 so i said cool i'll take it my uncle knows alot about guns he has about 300 he is a collector just wanted to know what it would be good to use it for. it was just a question. i mean i hear people using them all the time but never heard of someone using it for bear or anything just mostly deer.