Is the traditional 458 Winchester 510 gr soft nose load reliable for stopping a charging brown bear? Is it too soft to reliably spine one, or should one use the Hornady soft nose load? Any others with experiance please reply.

Phil should be out guiding for moose this time of year, may be a while for a response

Yes the 510 has beyond ample jacket for even the biggest of bears. Leave the solids for cape buff and elephant.

My client got lucky and killed a very nice 69 ( and a half - we couldn't make it 70) bull. So am back in and out of main camp.



YES, the old Win 510 softs are absolutely great for stopping bears.

Phil, I thought you were saving that one for me? Oh, yeah....I forgot the money part. :-)

My daughter and her bow hunter are working on a larger one.

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My daughter and her bow hunter are working on a larger one.

Phil, they should have good luck on that stalk. A moose with a bigger rack than the one you took couldn't hold his head off the ground for too long!

Phil
That is an extra nice one. Sure wish next September would hurry up and get here so I can go after mine. I have a plain wall that needs something hanging on it.

Phil, wondering which bullet you prefer in the .30-06 for Bear and large game in general . . . ?

My favorite 30 caliber bullet for virtually everything is the 200 gr Partition but if specifically hunting bears I usually load the 220 gr Partitions.

A week ago I had to stop another bear that my client wounded. A single 500 gr Swift from my 458 Win put it down.

Nice bear Phil! Thanks for the info.