Tell me what gun or guns you would choose staying at SVALBARD with high ice-bear population,,,and being there for twelwe months,,what an adventure ! Please tell me why you would chose these guns !
I have no experience of bear hunting. But I would go for .300 wby at least with 180-200 gr premium bullets! Maybe I am a little bit biased about my favourite caliber ... But I guess a good .416 will be safer. As a stopper I mean.
Posts: 552 | Location: France | Registered: 21 February 2002
I think the 338WM would be my personal rifle. It has the range, and the smack, and I can shoot it well. Then I'd like to try a 375HH, but I don't own one of those.
I would go for a 338-404 or a 375-404. I can't make up my mind if I should have the G&A version or the Saeed version Loaded with barnes X or nosler partitions.
I almost forgot my claymore belt as a final resort
The rifle would be a McBros. with synthetic stock and nice scope. Polars are a true challenger by any means. Around 700 kilos and likes two legged burritos
The Inuit use .222s and .223s. They use a dog to divert the bear, then ear shoot them. One shot. There is an old Eastman tape on Alaska that shows this technique in its stunning simplicity. Of course, the Inuit know about bears, and how not to stumble on them or provoke charges. I am sure an Inuit would like a .375 or a 12 gauge for close encounters with charging ice bears.
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My choice: a light reliable rifle, buildt on Mauser 98 action, 21" Stainless barrel in 9,3X62, High tech fiberglass stock and ghost ring sights, and a comfortable carrying sling! Fast-loading clips, filled with 9,3 ammo loaded with Woodleigh 320g RN bullets at 2280fps! Or should I bring my 416 taylor,.....or maybe get a 458X2" buildt on a BRNO 601action?? Hmm, so many choices, so few bears left
quote:Originally posted by Bill/Oregon: The Inuit use .222s and .223s. They use a dog to divert the bear, then ear shoot them. One shot. There is an old Eastman tape on Alaska that shows this technique in its stunning simplicity. Of course, the Inuit know about bears, and how not to stumble on them or provoke charges. I am sure an Inuit would like a .375 or a 12 gauge for close encounters with charging ice bears.
Are you sure that isnt just Inuit folklore designed to get invaders of their homeland to try it and silmotaneously keep the bears fed..
Posts: 10188 | Location: Tooele, Ut | Registered: 27 September 2001
Thanks for chiming in John Y. There really is one of those old Eastman videos of Alaska hunting and whaling that shows an entire polar bear hunt, and that bear goes down like a sack of spuds when that teeny slugs hits him.
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... But I guess a good .416 will be safer. As a stopper I mean.
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Loaded with barnes X or nosler partitions. 
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