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If it's black you don't need anything to big. Since it's Alaska and there's brown bears around, you'll need something big. .375 h and h
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If it's black you don't need anything to big. Since it's Alaska and there's brown bears around, you'll need something big. .375 h and h
Trust me,I think you should make this an excuse to build a new gunI won't go magnum unless I take my .300 wby. Other than that it will be a standard length cartridge more than likely. .30-06 length, but it might be a larger caliber just because I can...
Geez: If you have a 300 Wby why bother with this? Unless you just want another gun. i have shot Black with 30 30 and it does the job. But where you are going I'd think the 300 Wby or 338 would cover almost all probabilities. Especially if you have a guide with a gun or relative with a 45/70.I won't go magnum unless I take my .300 wby. Other than that it will be a standard length cartridge more than likely. .30-06 length, but it might be a larger caliber just because I can...
The 338 win mag is a nice shooting round with decent ballistics. One of the largest rounds you can buy in an semi auto hunting rifle.My wife just surprised me with a black bear tag for southeast Alaska. What a good wife. Little does she know this is likely going to cost us a bit. I'll need a new rifle to use. Not as though I don't have acceptable rifles for the job, but this is a reasonable excuse for a new one.
The question becomes, do I stick with .30-06 (I think I already have 9 or 10), or do I go with something else like a .35 Whalen or 9.3x72 Mauser...
The hunt will likely be in late May or early June, so there is time if I decide to build rather than buy...
I hunted Afognak and Kodiak for the big ones and carried a .338 Win Mag and would carry that in SE Alaska w/o hesitation. I'd rather use my .45/70 though because there likely won't be any long range shots unless you're on a very wide beach. I harvested 3 black bears and a large rock in Prince William Sound with the .338 and all of those shots were well under 100 yards.