handgun load for big bears

[afv338]

booking a hunt for elk in Idaho for 2018 looking for a good load for my freedom arms 454 for big bears this will be my first elk hunt and first time in grizzly bear country need suggestions i was thinking getting some buffalo bore hard cast.

 

[eicas]

Underwood Extreme Penetrator has very good reviews and actual testing. Give them a search.

 

[JoeBUtah]

Are you handloading your own? If so, take a look at beartooth bullets http://www.beartoothbullets.com. They call the 280gr WFN the 'sledgehammer':

https://www.beartoothbullets.com/open_sight/archive_open_sight.htm/19

They have a good write up on various bullets here: https://beartoothbullets.com/tech_notes/archive_tech_notes.htm/61 .

 

[afv338]

i can reload or buy them loaded the only thing i ever loaded in it was hornaday 300 gr xtp's i never had a need for anything else