Alright there may be more questions to come this being my first time hunting bear's and all, but I want everything to go well. The hunt will be at then end of November for Black Bear. I want to first make sure my weapon and load is right.
The firearm is a 300 Weatherby Magnum Mark 5 in a Manners stock with a 20MOA base Leupold Mark 4 rings and a Leupold vx3 4.5- 14x50
as far as large caliber center fires I also have a 308, a 257wby, a 6mm-AI a 270, and a 30-06 But i feel that this will be the best choice.
----Bullet choice is my real question -----
In the past i have done well with 180gr Nosler partitions over IMR4350
but like i said previously I want all to go well... I want a bullet that will not blow up on close range shots but will still get the job done if I have to reach out there a little bit. so any load recommendations would be great Im just mostly concerned at the moment over bullet selection (and powder)
The firearm is a 300 Weatherby Magnum Mark 5 in a Manners stock with a 20MOA base Leupold Mark 4 rings and a Leupold vx3 4.5- 14x50
as far as large caliber center fires I also have a 308, a 257wby, a 6mm-AI a 270, and a 30-06 But i feel that this will be the best choice.
----Bullet choice is my real question -----
In the past i have done well with 180gr Nosler partitions over IMR4350
but like i said previously I want all to go well... I want a bullet that will not blow up on close range shots but will still get the job done if I have to reach out there a little bit. so any load recommendations would be great Im just mostly concerned at the moment over bullet selection (and powder)