i respect your opinon as a fellow hunter and i assure you that you arent talking to a (BRICK WALL)..my family would tell you that i am "obsessed" with ballistic charts..LMFAO
I am however confident enough (to express my opinion) on this matter..i have hunted (grizzly country) in north central idaho in (the frank church wilderness area) with a
.300 mag . i do currently own a 12guage with a rifled barrel and the trauma is no where near that of a 3oo weatherby mag... i assure you a 12 guage is better then nothing !!!!!
but certainly not better then a 300 weatherby mag. you think that a .45 grain HOLLOW POINT (partition golds are hollow points) would penetrate bear fat better than a 180 grain
barnes X or winchester fail safe (both are also hollow points)?? you need to take a math
class !!!!! you need SPEED to penetrate bear fat tissue.. and that 45 caliber (snail) lacks it.
( to make you feel better i would prefer a smith and wesson .500 mag hand gun with
partition gold (hollow points) then a 12 guage.........BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME..LMFAO