Especially those of you who have taken a bear, preferably the large Brown Bears of the North... what's the best choice if reloading for this cartridge?

If absolutely pressed to name just one bullet for use in the 375 on Big bears I would say the 270 Barnes TSX because of it's great penetration and expansion. I also like the 285 gr. North Fork and the 300 Swift and Nosler Partitions.

300 Grain Bear Claw

Roland

300 gr Nosler Partitions, or Swift A-Frames!

270gr Barnes XLCs or TSX.

Joe

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Originally posted by ovis:
270gr Barnes XLCs or TSX.

Ditto. For penetration it is hard to beat a Barnes X.

The 285gr North Fork for me.

285g NF.

The NF bullets are hard to beat. I just got back from a plains game hunt where I used the 325 gr in the 416 Rigby. The performance was exemplory. Good Hunting

List above are all good choices. Select one or more and shoot them till your rifle lets you know which ones it likes

300 grain Swift A-Frames on the shoulder, you won't be disappointed.

Dak

All noted are good choices...find the one the works for you.

My preference would be for either the North Forks or the Barnes TSX. My choice would be the Barnes 270 grain TSX becuase I used it as a back for Cape Buffalo and Plains Game and it works great and it shoots very tiny groups in my CZ550.

I like the following in no particular order:

Woodleigh 350 gr. PP
Nosler 300 gr.
Northfork 285 gr.

The 350 gr. Woodleigh will really thump them I assure you of that..

Northfork fans,

I see that the 285gr. Northforks were discontinued. Anybody tried the new 300gr. Northforks yet?

GaryVA

You can add 300gr Fail Safe to this menu.

300gr PArtitions
300gr Bear Clawsor 300gr Brennke TUG

300 gr. Swift A-Frames.

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Originally posted by 308Sako:
Especially those of you who have taken a bear, preferably the large Brown Bears of the North... what's the best choice if reloading for this cartridge?

300 grain Nosler Partition - also a great Cape Buffalo bullet.....

I'm sure Barnes makes a 300 gr TSX. For bear I would go with the 300gr before the 270gr. You could not go wrong with fail safes either.

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Originally posted by Riodot:
I'm sure Barnes makes a 300 gr TSX. For bear I would go with the 300gr before the 270gr. You could not go wrong with fail safes either.

Yes, they do. You can verify it at http://www.barnesbullets.com/prodtsx.php

i have shot two brownies, one a 10+footer. Both with TB Bearclaws but I recently just got back from Africa and used the Barnex TSX. Nothing like it for stopping power and accuracy in a 375. Try some.