PHurley: How DO you get 2900fps out of your 300 Winie with 200gr bullets? I sure would like your recipe! BTW, my NEW WBY Accumark in 340 Weatherby came in today. Can't wait to go pick it up! jorge

Pretty impressive land sharks.

I remember an article by Dave Hetzler in a magazine several years ago. He said he was asked what gun he would chose if he could only have one and he answered the 30-06. But he said "...as he got older and saw more animals put on the ground he was coming around to Elmer Keith's way of thinking." He said he might rethink the answer and say the 338 Win.. I think Elmer was probably right too. I've always liked the big calibers. You know even the 338 looks a little small when you start thinking about a 10 foot bear.
Doug

jorge -- At the time I was loading 68 to 70 grains of IMR-4350 with a Fed 215 primer. Note that is near or over max for the Nosler book, start lower, as you see fit. My brass showed no signs of pressure. Today I would use RL-22. I got a one shot kill, hitting the Bear in the chest as it was standing and facing me. You don't gut the big Bears, and don't eat the meat, therefore I didn't open the body cavity, from the exterior bleeeding evidence I assumed it pulvarized it's heart, and probably lodged in the backbone. It didn't wiggle another muscle after the shot. Good shooting