RE: got my 308win savage sighted in.( ballistic tips)
Those Ballistic Tips will work on a bear with good shot placement. If I saw a bear I wouldn't hold back because I was using Ballistic Tips instead of another bullet. If I were going specifically for bear I'd be packing the old Barnes X bullets. The one bear I got was actually with Federal Premium Trophy Bonded Bear Claws but I started reloading that year and found that the Bear Claws were way more expensive than the Barnes. I since then switched.
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge