RE: 338 Mag not enough for Brown Bears
There is a trend toward the big magnums. I am sure that the black powder folks were happy to see some more powerful rounds come along. Seems that the old mountain men with thier flintlocks only stood abouit a 50/50 chance of comming out on top when they ran into a cranky Grizzly. Since the age of the modern cartridges, many cartridges have been used with success on Grizzly bears. The 30-40 krag, 45-70 45-90 50-100 30-06 and 270 to name a few. The 338 will sure as hell get the job done for anyone who can shoot at all. All the others mentioned here will continue to get the job done as well. I would consider my 30-06 45-70 or the 416 Rem Mag. I have used the 30-06 and 45-70. Never got a chance to hunt the big bears while I had my 416. It is one hell of a gun though. Kind of wish I still had it. I never shot it the last seveal years that I owned it.