Hey popeye,

One time i lay in the grass and let a pretty good brown bear walk up to about 30 yards from me. He stopped and looked to one side as i put the cross hairs of my 338-06 on his left front shoulder and let a 275 grain Speer go!! He droped as the bullet angled from corner to corner and exited his right rear quarter.

Even with a broken shoulder he instantly was on his feet and turned to run straight away. My second shot hit just under his tail and went up into his back takeing out about a foot of back bone exiting out through the top on the hide!!! That anchored him permently!!!

Those 275 Speers are a pretty good bullet, too bad Speer quit makeing them!!! I pushed them 2,350 fps at the muzzle and found them to really penetrate well even on the biggest animials.

Anyway, i just thought i'd share that with you....

Drilling Man