Joshsrugershooter

I'm from mississippi but curious anyway as to why most gun magazines say a .300 Win mag won't kill a large bear??

Chantecler111

I have never found the answer to this either, I guess so the .338 Win Mag can get more publicity. The .300 Win Mag will take anything in NA, no ifs ands or buts about it.

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The 338 win mag is a fine and powerful cartridge, and will add a little insurance over any 300 mag. The 300's will likely do a good enough job of any game in north america, provided tough and heavy bullets are used. I would feel at ease with just my 45-70 and some heavy cast LBT type bullets at 1800-2000 fps. They will out penetrate any 338 or 300 , and break more bone while doing so.

Chantecler111

I'll do you one better, my 500 S&W with a 400 Gr. SJSP at 1800 fps will outpenetrate the ole' .338. btw my 500 is a rifle.

paslodenailin710

the magazines are just covering theirselves incase someone is a lowsy shot. they know as well as we do that the 300 could easily down the bear they are just scared of the lawsuit

Joshsrugershooter

I think a .300 Win Mag Loaded with 180 grain plus Swift AFRAMES or TBBC's Or Failsafes would be fine on any Grizzly

Chantecler111

Yeah. out of all the calibers, it seems the .300 Mags, are used by the worst shots, they just cannot handle the gun, and still take it hunting.

biscuit jake

Josh, just curious. Do you recall which gun rag ran the article?

Chantecler111

I have seen Guns & Ammo say it several times, especially when they were talking about the .338 class of cartridges, they claimed the 300 mags to be inadequate.

biscuit jake

I have not had a G&A subscription for decades. Interesting. They used to take the position about "get a bigger gun" alot. So perhaps no surprise. I would want (personally) a larger bore for the big bears but in fact hunters on the board have even used the 7mm Rem Mag. You would need a good bullet with high sectional density, and there are lots of good bullets in the 7mm and 30 calibers. I just tote a 45 70 when I am around bears. To heck with the small bores.