Brown Bear with a 358 STA.

[dogz]

The black bear was shot in Saskatchewan, Canada (see my LRH post "Northern Saskatchewan Black Bear")

I forgot about Sask, most of their hunts are bait hunts

 

[PaLuke]

I received and mounted the scope today. Hopefully I'll get to shoot it early next week. I went with H-4831 SC and Federal 215 primers. Thanks again for the replies.

 

[1wildcatfan]

Congratulations on the bison! Do you remember or the data available for your load? I'm looking at H-4350 or H-4831 for this. Thanks again.

I know I'm using 4831. Will have to search for my data.
Was looking for A-frames to use. No where to be found. Spoke to the Swift production manager last Feb. He said they did not have any .358 production planned through October. Haven't spoken with him since.

 

[sambo3006]

I've never hunted brown bears, but perhaps someone has some experience with Hammer bullets. I've seen multiple reports of great success on animals up to Cape buffalo size. General consensus is small exit wounds, but deep penetration with high percentage of pass throughs, plus more internal damage than traditional mono bullets due to the petals breaking off and creating their own separate wound channels.

 

[memtb]

I've never hunted brown bears, but perhaps someone has some experience with Hammer bullets. I've seen multiple reports of great success on animals up to Cape buffalo size. General consensus is small exit wounds, but deep penetration with high percentage of pass throughs, plus more internal damage than traditional mono bullets due to the petals breaking off and creating their own separate wound channels.

For a great deal of information on this bullet take a "lookiesee" at https://hammerbullets.com/hammertime/

They have data constantly coming in from across the world. A great deal coming from Australia, with their use on many animals large to small! memtb