ORIGINAL: Idaho hunter 58
I am comfortable with the 30/06.
I myself would not go after one with less than a 30-30.
If anyone wants to argue, go find a stick and string shooter that has slayeda grizzly with a single cedar shaft.
Have you killed any mature griz or brown bears with a 30-30?
No.
I ran into an indian fellow once in an old chevy 4x4 with hidesand an"OLD" Marlin with worn bluing and beatenwoodin his backglass.
I brought up the rifle and how I was worried about my '06 being "weak".
He said "that rifle waspassed down to me."Hecontinued on about how just about everyone in his family killed their first Brownwith itand even told of going into the Grizzly Lair with a couple 30-30s. In the Lair!!!
I saw several other 30-30s in service too.
The 30-30 would not be my first choice but it would be my minimum.