Thoughts on the 308 marlin express

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11-26-2010 | 04:23 PM

#11

TUK101

Nontypical Buck

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From: Spokane Washington

I would bump up to a quality 165gr bullet. That is kind of splitting the difference between fps and knockdown power.

11-26-2010 | 05:19 PM

#12

cullbuck

Spike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jerry d

Generally speaking any whitetail caliber & bullet wieght is also capable of taking black bears as long as you put the bullet where it belongs.

I agree with this.

11-27-2010 | 12:33 PM

#13

semi

Typical Buck

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From: SE Wisc

Black bear aren't that hard to kill. A 308 is perfect for bear. Like said above, any whitetail round can be used. I love the 308 myself, took a nice 4 pt this past weekend. Dropped him at 170 yards one shot. Regular old remington corelokts did the job.