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Anyone use a 243/6mm caliber for blackies?
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<blockquote data-quote="Monttrap04" data-source="post: 1292006" data-attributes="member: 85796"><p>Interesting thread. I just got a custom 6-06 that loves the 105 VLD. I am confident it would be plenty adequate for any black bear in the state of Montana but with so many other good choices I am on the fence about ever taking it. I plan to shoot it a fair amount the next month or two and if my confidence is good I may give it go. </p><p></p><p>I have a lot of confidence in my .300 win mag and my .30-06 so those have been my go-to big game rifles. However, I failed to recover a small bear I shot with a 180 TTSX out of my 300 win mag. The shot was right at 300 yards and the bear was in some deadfall and boulders. My buddy and I had some miscommunication on how the bear was positioned (he was right) and I put the bullet too high. It dropped hard with the shot but within seconds it got back on its feet and was gone. We trailed it with a hound till we found its bed where it spent the night. We most likely jumped it with the ruckus from the hound and the trail was going away from us uphill. Even good bullets and lots of power can't fix poor shot placement. An extra two seconds with my binos would have eliminated the issue. </p><p></p><p>The next bear was 466 yards and just slightly quartering away. I put a 180 TTSX through the boiler room and it exited the offside shoulder. The bear ran 20-30 yards and piled up. With that placement just about anything would most likely have got the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monttrap04, post: 1292006, member: 85796"] Interesting thread. I just got a custom 6-06 that loves the 105 VLD. I am confident it would be plenty adequate for any black bear in the state of Montana but with so many other good choices I am on the fence about ever taking it. I plan to shoot it a fair amount the next month or two and if my confidence is good I may give it go. I have a lot of confidence in my .300 win mag and my .30-06 so those have been my go-to big game rifles. However, I failed to recover a small bear I shot with a 180 TTSX out of my 300 win mag. The shot was right at 300 yards and the bear was in some deadfall and boulders. My buddy and I had some miscommunication on how the bear was positioned (he was right) and I put the bullet too high. It dropped hard with the shot but within seconds it got back on its feet and was gone. We trailed it with a hound till we found its bed where it spent the night. We most likely jumped it with the ruckus from the hound and the trail was going away from us uphill. Even good bullets and lots of power can't fix poor shot placement. An extra two seconds with my binos would have eliminated the issue. The next bear was 466 yards and just slightly quartering away. I put a 180 TTSX through the boiler room and it exited the offside shoulder. The bear ran 20-30 yards and piled up. With that placement just about anything would most likely have got the job done. [/QUOTE]
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