What would you think of 175 grain for SE Alaska black bear hunt in 7mm Rem.Mag.


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good s.d.
most would say go bigger including myself
being that you most likely will hit it within 75 yards i would say go with a tougher bullet like an a frame, northfork ect.

if you hit it up close and have too much velocity you might overexpand and get poor penetration.

go moderate velocity, big and heavy imho

You'll get a lot of opinions on this but Elk can be tougher to kill than most Black Bears, go with whatever you are comfortable with and if 175 grain bullets are accurate in your rifle I would use them. Premium bullets are nice but not always a necessity. How did we kill all those bears before Barnes X, XXX, Trophy Bonded Bearclaws and Swift A frames were around?
I know nothing of the Fusion ammo except what the advertisements say so maybe test a few bullets in loose dirt, wet newspapers etc and see if they are holding together, if so and they work very well in your rifle just go with it and concentrate on making a good shot on your bear.

More than enough. A friend took 2 large coastal blacks with the exact factory ammo. Complete pass throughs on both, one at about 55 yards, the other at a touch over 100 yards. Both bears spun about and died quickly. One rolled about ten feet, the other just spun around a couple of times and piled up.

Should do you fine, I agree with the other post that says Elk are tougher, and I think that load would work fine on Elk too!

Just talked to the Federal Ammo reps on their way to the NRA annual meeting in St Louis last week....we chatted at length about the Fusion ammo. They consider it a deer bullet. The upper end in caliber size and weight might do for elk.....but basically they don't consider it close to par with the Accubond or other such bullets. The jacket is plated to the core and then sees a final sizing. As a result, the jacket is bonded to the core, but thinner than other bullet types. The lead cores may not be very hard....but the combo is quite uniform and extremely accurate for the price.

I would hunt with what I am comfortable with and shoots well for me. Comfort to me includes thinking about the kind of hunt I am on and what else I may run into.....and if you shoot something on the beach and it bolts into the alders do your requirements change?

Happy hunting,

Dan

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The lead cores may not be very hard....but the combo is quite uniform and extremely accurate for the price.

I've heard from at least two hunters that have tried them and said they are very soft even on game as small as whitetail. One guy I know tried the 180s in 300WM and said he had several not pass through on average whitetails.

They are probably on par with run of the mill cup and cores. Maybe not even as tough....

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Way more then enough for any Black Bear that ever walked.

If you're hunting black bear you are not really in need of anything special.....typically they're not large and not dangerous and not hard to kill.

Always have them mounted looking ferocious just like they were as you shot them!

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What would you think of 175 grain for SE Alaska black bear hunt in 7mm Rem.Mag.

Load 175NP's in it, and you have more than enough cartridge and bullet to break down a brown bear...

A blk. bear has no chance at all!

DM