Originally Posted by 458Win
Since John has decided to share his story about his PH friend who held views contrary to many on this thread, I have another about the Zambian PH my son worked for. He is a second generation PH, now retired, who grew up with his father's early 416 Rigby and a BRNO 30-06. Between them the Rigby had accounted for over 1000 BULL elephants and the checkering was worn completely smooth.

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Although he was intimently familiar with the Rigby, for lions he claimed he prefered the 30-06 as lions are so blazingly fast he felt the fraction of a second speed advantage that the 30-06 gave him far outweighed the extra power of the 416 ! As bullet placement was paramount no matter which rifle you use.


I've never shot any kind of bear (i've seen several blacks in the wild while elk hunting) but it's interesting to hear about what works from those that have.

I would guess by that PH's experience that an '06 might work on a grizz...ASSUMING it's wielded by someone that can shoot. smile


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