What are your ideas re; the above for bear, particularly Grizzly. Thanks-Karl

the 260 grain partition or the new accubond 260 grain would get my money without thinking.
Speer's Grand Slam hasn't shown me much and now I learn that it isn't a bonded bullet at all. They call it a premium bullet.....and it's not.

accubond 260 grain.
Roland

I'd go with a 300 grain Trophy Bear Claw as extra bullet mass can really help out in a tight situation.

Thanks for the info-I have the Partitions already loaded in 260 gr. just looking for others opinions. Maybe I should just stick with them!

hoehne: You should have no problems with a .375H&H shooting 260 Gr NPs on brown bear. But like Ray says below, the bigger the bullet the better. I have shot brown bear with 260gr NP with good results, but I will be using 350gr SAF in my .416 for my next bear hunt in Sept.

Noslers are dandy bullets, I like the 300 gr. bullets...I love the 300 and 350 gr. Woodleighs..A 350 gr. RN Woodleigh will lay the biggest of bear to the dirt pronto...

Was hoping to hear from you Ray, your knowledge is always welcome. I will be in bear country in BC in three weeks, have the Nosler 260 gr. handloaded but might think of picking up a box of factory 300, as per your recomendation, probably Federals ( I am originally from Minnesota) Thanks-Karl

Partitions and Accubonds.

I just got my sixth (and final) .375 bedded into a Borden Rimrock stock, it's a minty P-64 Mod. 70 and it handles wonderfully. I first loaded the 285 GS over 20 yrs. ago in my first .375, a customized Brno 602 and was not impressed. I went to the 300 NP when it became available and have shot many m.o.a. groups with it over 760 at 2600 fps-mv. I have shot and seen shot enough game with heavy for caliber NPs that I have absolute faith in this bullet, especially for Grizzlies in B.C. conditions.

I have spent a great deal of time in Grizzly country and there is nothing better for the purpose than a .375 H&H with the bullets Ray suggests. He has shot more game than I have or even want to by far and my buddies and I, who have very considerable wilderness working and bear experience strongly agree with his opinions. Bigger is definitely better, IMHO, and NP does the job in this application.

I had a .378 Weatherby improved ( my brother has it now), anyways it is a very hard hitting sonofabitch. No kidding any animal hit up to 800 pounds this rifle would spin them in their tracks. So while trying bullets, I tried the 285 GS, I smacked a bear at only 40 yards. As usual the bear spun arround, but this time it ran away. Giving it time to stiffen or die, I followed the blood only to find the drops getting smaller until nothing! I spent all afternoon looking in an ever increasing search radius and could not find it!! So in practical applications GS will never be used by me again.

Either one of them will work. I used a 300 grain Swift A-frame in my 375 H&H for my bear, because that's what my rifle likes. I don't think you can go wrong if you stick with premium bullets (i.e., Noslers, Swifts, Woodleighs, Grande Slams, Northforks, etc.) in the heavier weights or the Barnes X in 270/300 grain weight. The key in my opinion is still bullet placement, especially in a three deminsional sence, depending on shot angle. For example, I always try to visualize breaking the offside shoulder when deciding where to place my bullet.

I guess the realistic answer is that one can't beat Nosler Partitions, I should have known better. Thanks for all the input guys. Karl

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Originally posted by hoehne:
I guess the realistic answer is that one can't beat Nosler Partitions, I should have known better. Thanks for all the input guys. Karl

Allow me to correct you please. You can't beat NPs with Grand Slams. You didn't ask about other bullets.

IMO the Swift A-Frames, Northforks, and Speers TBBC bullets are certainly worthy competitors to the best Nosler has to offer.

I've shot Nosler partitions for about 40 years, they work. If it works, I'm not going to screw with it.

Dave

I have always questioned the reasoning of using light for caliber bullets for anything, like less than 300 gr. bullets in a .375 H&H. I have yet to get an answer!

One of my life's big disappointments was when Jack O'Connor finally admitted that his beloved 270 actually shot flatter with the 150 gr. bullets than his much touted 130 gr. bullets.

I am assuming these are big bears and heavy bullets are better. 300 gr. Partititons or Swift, or 350 gr. Woodleighs, though I traded to Ray all of mine!

I shoot the 300 gr Nosler Partitions. They shot better than the Grand Slams in my .375 H&H rifles.

jim