bear gun
06-28-2007, 01:48 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Republic of Texas
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RE: bear gun
ORIGINAL: brierpatch1974
So with that being said I use my .257 roberts for yotes, .243 for doe season, 7mm 08 for bucks, and a .204 for pest smaller than yotes.
BP
So with that being said I use my .257 roberts for yotes, .243 for doe season, 7mm 08 for bucks, and a .204 for pest smaller than yotes.
BP
06-28-2007, 01:55 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
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RE: bear gun
ORIGINAL: ipscshooter
Your 7-08 would work just fine, but, since you've got a .243 and a 7-08, I would get a .338 Federal to kinda round out the family.
Your 7-08 would work just fine, but, since you've got a .243 and a 7-08, I would get a .338 Federal to kinda round out the family.
06-28-2007, 04:21 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
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RE: bear gun
For a bear gun I have thought about afew of guns. A marlin .444 < i need a lever gun 
> a 12 ga with a rifled slug barrel, and maybe even a .260 remington though that may be a little on the light side. I know I will never shoot over 50 to 75 yards at the most in the areas I will be hunting in.
> a 12 ga with a rifled slug barrel, and maybe even a .260 remington though that may be a little on the light side. I know I will never shoot over 50 to 75 yards at the most in the areas I will be hunting in.
06-29-2007, 02:41 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
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RE: bear gun
ORIGINAL: brierpatch1974
I know I will never shoot over 50 to 75 yards at the most in the areas I will be hunting in.
BP
I know I will never shoot over 50 to 75 yards at the most in the areas I will be hunting in.
BP
a lever action, a Browning BLR in .358 would be a powerful little package.
06-29-2007, 02:13 PM
#19
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RE: bear gun
Well, after lots of thinking and reading and taking in all the advice everyone has given I decided to go with .................. The Marlin 444. I been looking at this gun for a while and the more I look at it the more I thought it needed a home in my gun safe. Now its time to work up some loads for it and decide if I want a small powered scope or keep the iron sights..Maybe a ghost ring. Thanks for all the replies and advice I really appreciate it.
BP
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06-29-2007, 02:30 PM
#20
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 68
RE: bear gun
I have shot more than 50 bear with many different cal. rifles. My favorite is a Browning 81 in .358 win. Ruger is now making a bolt gun SS in .358 and the MkII in .350 Remington mag. neither kick much and both will take any bear you want to shoot. I use plain old Speer .250 grn spirepoints and no bear has ever gone more than a few feet after the shot and I've shot a number over 500lbs, weighed not guessed.
I am going to buy another bear rifle and it will be the Ruger in .358 Ony because I can get a little more vel out of the 22" bbl.(I just needed an excuse) My Browning has never failed. Use a good brand of 2x7 scope a lighted crosshair really helps !
I am going to buy another bear rifle and it will be the Ruger in .358 Ony because I can get a little more vel out of the 22" bbl.(I just needed an excuse) My Browning has never failed. Use a good brand of 2x7 scope a lighted crosshair really helps !