As a hunting Canadian I have used a 7mm mag for everything from moose to deer to elk to bear. You can't match the 7mm mag's fire for effect.

Ha ha, very true! I always get raves about the fire blast from others. I let someone else fire it once so I could see and it was very cool.

Just about any of the deer rifles work fine on black bear.I wonder about a hunt in June ,won't the hides be a little rubbed?Although June is the mating season so your apt to see pairs.Here in Alberta I don't hunt bears past mid May because of the hide quality.Blacks come out in mid-late April and don't wander too far from the den just trying to get the plumbing working again.They drink lots of water and eat available greens to get rid of their fecal plug.It's nasty as I've found them!

As another Canadian hunter .280 hands down.

I have to admit I'm more of deer hunter so I'm not sure? I guess I'm going to find out. The company I work for set a sales goal and we hit so they are taking all of us on a week long fishing trip. We could add the bear hunt for $900. I've always wanted to do it but wanted to go on Whitetail hunts more and spent my money doing that. So I figured this was the perfect opportunity to do it. Fishing in the morning and hunting in the afternoon, does it get any better than that? I don't think so!!

I would suggest selling one or two of those 7 MM rifles and getting a stud gun. A 338 or 300 mag, or maybe a Marlin 45-70 guide gun. The 7's are great but you got too many of them. A larger caliber bear gun would be cool. That 375 Ruger looks interesting too.

Now why would I ever want to sell one of my guns? I'll just have to add to my collection!

A .30 cal is next on my list.