Like I said before while I have no interest in hunting bear, I have hunted deer with a muzzleloader where bear populations exist. Always felt my .54 caplocks were up to the challenge if I needed to shoot a black bear. One is an old TC Hawken that will be retired now that she did the job on #50 on New Year's Eve. She's been a good companion thru 36 years of hunting and she's getting tired. Groups aren't as tight as they used to be, and the stock is scratched, scuffed and bears teeth marks from a 6 month Lab. But I can't bring myself to rebarrel or restock her. The other is a Lyman Great Plains Hunter I purchased so I can use bullets and sabots instead of just balls.
I do have a 209x50 for my Encore, just have never had much luck when hunting with it.