I know a trapper who has lived in the Brooks Range for the past 30 years and uses a 22-250 for everything and has killed a number of grizzlies with it.
A few years back natives in Ft Yukon used 223's to kill a marauding polar bear that wandered near the village.
And hundreds of Alaskans pack handguns of all sorts for protection from bears, yet none of they have the power, nor ability to be shot accurately, as a 7mm rifle.
As I have been saying all along on this thread, it really doesn't matter what caliber floats your boat, bullet placement is the key. It makes little difference whether a bear is gut shot with a 243, 7mm or a 460 Wby.
