I have shoot my new Browning Bar Light semi automatic today and the precision is so good that i can shoot head shoots on moose at 100 yards. At 100 yards i get 3 shoots in to a target big like my fist.

And i shoot 4 shoots fast at 80 yards, it take 4 seconds for me to shoot 4 shoots at 80 yards with good precision.

I think that this is a good stopping rifle for bears....

What do you think guys......?

The caliber is 30-06 and i shoot whit 180 grain Norma Oryx bullets....!

Wrong forum! That's not a big bore, at least not the rifle

For "stopping" rifles that one certainly will be! It will be "stopping" at customs and immagration in most African countries. No Semi auto's allowed!

Overkill -- I used two different BAR's over the years. Both would hang up on occasion. The occasions seemed to be later in the hunt when dirt and debris would accumulate around the action, or in snow and ice conditions when an accumulation around the action would occur. Mine were both .300 Win mags, one with a Boss and one without. They got me loads of Deer and Elk. I really enjoyed my years with the BAR's, however after having hunted Alaska for Bear and Moose I would not advise it as a stopping rifle. That hang up might occur at the wrong time with a charging Bear. I am going back this year and will be packing a .358 STA in a good old slow but sure bolt action. Good shooting.

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Just curious ? Why would a guy who has claimed repeatedly in this forum of shooting "many mooses" with a .460 Weatherby Magnum be so excited about stopping power of a 30.06 ?

You just need one, 1, bullet to kill a moose, make a single shot of it.

A group the size of your fist at 100 yards? Either you have a very small fist or very large groups.

Overkill,
How big of a hole will that '06 put in a moose? Will that '06 knock the moose over if you shoot the moose in the shoulder?

You will have to report back to us with regard to those two questions once you have shot a moose with your new BAR.

Todd E

Redbird.
I'm curious to. I belive this is the same guy that have spoke so much about 460 Wby, 585 Nyati 3", and 577 T.Rex too. Maybe he finally have tryed one of these calibers???
I am SO glad this man is'nt on my hunting team, if he only use head-shots.

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Shoot well, and hit hard.

Arild.
(And YES, I'm a NRA member!)

I said that the precision is so good that you can shoot a moose in the head. "That you can" but i am not going to shoot in the head...!

All my rifles can hit a moose-head, at least up to 300yrds. BUT can I????? (or you?)

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Shoot well, and hit hard.

Arild.
(And YES, I'm a NRA member!)

I too once owned a BAR. It was not particularly accurate, after the first two shots, and was functionally totally unreliable. For a stopper, I recommend the 2-gauge with black powder firing mercury-hardened lead round balls of 1/2 pound each.

Well, M:r Overkill,

you have taken the motto "use enough gun" quite seriuosly. The BAR is a good rifle, but in my humble opinion a bit weak for the purpose mentioned. My advice would be a slightly stronger gun. Please click the link, and you�ll find a nice piece of advise, quite, as I think, in you taste: http://html2.free.fr/canons/bertha.htm

Best regards,

Fritz

Well know we got off the topic line here right from the start but I'm still wondering what is wrong with the headshot if your hunting for meat.I was taught to waste no meat eastest way to make sure of that was a head shot. So before you ask no I don't have any heads mounted on the wall