ORIGINAL: frontier gander
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"The bear (coastal grizzly) had been hit once with a 375 H&H, but wound not go down. When he turn and started running in the opposite direction I hit him in the rump with the 45-70 at about 120 yards. He went only about 30 yards more before stopping. When we skinned him we found the 420 gr Hammerhead had entered on his right side rump, passing though and destroying the pelvis. I recovered the bullet under the skin beyond the right front shoulder (full length penetration). The bear squared 9'6'' and had a 25 5/8" skull. Amazing penetration!"
That ruined it for me.
What ruined it for you? The fact that they shot it in the rump as it was running away? The other choice was to let it go and die a slow death may unrecoveredor go after it wounded in the tangles, not a very fun thing to do at close range unless you really love adventure. The point of all these stories is bullet penetration of the Garrrett Hammerhead which I believe illustrate your theories of "slow and big is the way to go". I believe they are awsome bullets and the stories are great, especially cape buffalo---Robert Rurick (sp?), "they look at you like you owe them money".
Best Wishes,
Chap