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Dangerous Game Rifle Recommendations?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1106383" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>hunting brown bears is one side of the coin, but a close encounter is the otherside. I had one about three hundred yards south of the Montana border on the Beartooth. He was going thru the silver grey color phase, and I literally thought he was a big boulder till he stood up and turned towards me. I put him in the mid 600lb. area, and maybe seven feet tall. The bear was about eighty yards out when he stood up, and then took about a dozen steps towards me. Now he's closer to fifty yards. For some odd reason he stopped cold, and then returned to his original position. Needless to say, I got the hell out of there (four wheel drive low range ain't exactly fast). A week later that bear killed a hiker who walked right up to him. They have zero sense of humor, and they hate squatters. </p><p></p><p>Those big bears up there are magnificent creatures. Will make hamburger out of you in thirty seconds flat. I'm not sure there's a perfect round. I think something like a beltless .458 American might be perfect in either a semiauto or a lever gun. The .450 is as close to that as we can get today, and wish it didn't have the belt to worry about.</p><p>I (personally) don't trust myself with operating a bolt while wetting my pants. Four or five shoots in a big hurry for me puts the .444 at the top of the list. Three super hard hits in chest brings the .450 to the top. Of course if I had about fifty grand to spend, I buy something like an Evans double in .450 #2 and a 400 grain bullet. That a very serious dangerous game rifle!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1106383, member: 25383"] hunting brown bears is one side of the coin, but a close encounter is the otherside. I had one about three hundred yards south of the Montana border on the Beartooth. He was going thru the silver grey color phase, and I literally thought he was a big boulder till he stood up and turned towards me. I put him in the mid 600lb. area, and maybe seven feet tall. The bear was about eighty yards out when he stood up, and then took about a dozen steps towards me. Now he's closer to fifty yards. For some odd reason he stopped cold, and then returned to his original position. Needless to say, I got the hell out of there (four wheel drive low range ain't exactly fast). A week later that bear killed a hiker who walked right up to him. They have zero sense of humor, and they hate squatters. Those big bears up there are magnificent creatures. Will make hamburger out of you in thirty seconds flat. I'm not sure there's a perfect round. I think something like a beltless .458 American might be perfect in either a semiauto or a lever gun. The .450 is as close to that as we can get today, and wish it didn't have the belt to worry about. I (personally) don't trust myself with operating a bolt while wetting my pants. Four or five shoots in a big hurry for me puts the .444 at the top of the list. Three super hard hits in chest brings the .450 to the top. Of course if I had about fifty grand to spend, I buy something like an Evans double in .450 #2 and a 400 grain bullet. That a very serious dangerous game rifle! gary [/QUOTE]
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