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Old 08-11-2004, 01:30 PM
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Iam going black bear hunting with a 44 mag and I was wondering what is a good grain bullet to use? If any one can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
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Old 08-11-2004, 06:08 PM
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I got my frist bear with a 44mag using a 300 grain bullet. good luck Ron
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Old 08-11-2004, 11:52 PM
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$hit! you've got brass one's my friend! I would rather be in a tree stand with my bow, or rifle!

lol, best of luck!
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Old 08-12-2004, 04:07 PM
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personally id look for the highest grain bullet i could get ahold of but 270 at a minimum
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Old 08-13-2004, 08:39 AM
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I cast a "fairly hard" 255 grain Keith style bullet for my 44 mag.. I've shot moose, deer ect.. with it, and got good penetration, so i don't see why it wouldn't also be good for blk. bear! It's what i'd use if i was going after a blk. bear with my 44..

All i can say is, those real heavy jacketed bullets are hard on a revolver, have a LOT of recoil, and are hard to get sighted in! This is why i choose to use hard cast bullets!

My "hard cast" bullet is just hard enough so your thumb nail will still sctrtch it but not peel any lead off while doing so. I've shot thousands and thousands of them in my 44's..

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Old 08-15-2004, 11:55 PM
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I would use Ballistic Advantage BOAR-SLAMMER Premium Hunting Bullet in 300 gr. WLN GC. Good luck.
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