Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only Grizzly/Brown bear bullet choice, .375 H&H

I've only shot one brown bear and used a handloaded Barnes 300 TSX. One shot did him in quickly. Although my rifle was a 375 Ruger the ballistics are so similar to the H&H the bullet performance will be very similar.

Although a number of bullets shot well in my rifle getting ready for the hunt, my outfitter mentioned that they had found insufficient penetration with the 300 Gr. Hornady factory load. That was soon after those loads were first released.

I decided on the Barnes because I wanted penetration and a bullet that would break the shoulder, as was the case with my bear, and yet penetrated a couple of feet. Just my experience, FWIW