Sheridan

Rammer,
I don't want to say that is exactly what I wanted to hear but, I know I will get more use out of a 7MM Rem Mag and still feel adequately gunnedwhen in bear country.
I guesswhen I go to Alaskaafter GrizzI can say, "I need just ONE more gun"!!!

Rammer

Yep, I personally feel if a guy is going to chase the big bears, you can justify having "just one more gun."

Sheridan

Thank you to ALL of you, as I am the one who posed the original question.
Fariswm has done a great job compiling all the responses; so a special thank you to him.
You have ALL been instrumental in helping me make MY best decision.

Here is what I ended up with;

204 Savage 16 FCSS
243 Remington 700 SPS DM
7MM Mag. Sako A7 Stainless

Note: If I ever get to Alaska, believe me; I will be carrying a 338 Win. Mag.

I appreciate each and every response, and I believe they all have merit.

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Brown Dirt Cowboy
Stand up and be counted

salukipv1

haha, .204, .243......I say get a .257.......let's keep this small bore trend going..... I say .25-06

or how about a .22-250, squeeze one inbetween the two you already have.

or in all seriousness a .338 or .375, get the .375, then legally I think you can hunt the world and NA quite well.

TJEN

First if you can't shoot it with absolute confidence and accuracy no cartridge will work. So I will list a few and pick from them what you can shoot effectively. 375h&h, 338win, 35whelen, and 45-70+p. The whelen with 250gr partitions will work out to 250 yards with recoilless than your 7mm rem with 175gr bullets it willbe in a slightly lighterrifle and have a bigger heavier bullet. Same for the 45-70 in a 1895 marlin but more recoil. The 338win isa great choice butit comes with recoil and weight.

Remember felt recoil has everything to do with velocity not so much as bullet weight, but penitration dose have everything to do bullet weight and less to do with velocity
I personaly do not like the recoil of the 7mm remso I have a 35whelen for the big stuff mainly elk/moose but it works great on browns tooand a 270win for deer toelk/moose.

rickdavis

300 win mag in rifle of your flavor