Sure it is, I would not trade mine for anything I have seen yet.
I admit I would prefer something larger for a big brown bear, but I also am sure the .300 Weatherby would get the job done. (Larger as in bigger bore, not just a bigger powder capacity.)
I can tell you it dropped a nice 6 X 6 bull elk for me this fall. One shot and he was on the ground. I cannot imagine what you could hunt in the US that the .300 Weatherby would not work well on.
R F
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Yes. Every species of North American game animal has been taken sucessfully many times with the .30/06 -- even though many experts hold that it is really too light for the biggest bears -- so the more powerful .300 Weatherby will definitely get the job done if the shooter does his part.
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