Ironbender,
Thats funny. I had a friend of mine try to convince me that anything less than a 338 win mag spelled DEATH to the hunter when I went on my first black bear hunt! I used a blued Ruger 30-06 with 180 gr partitions and all went as planned. As said before, I just finished a new 243AI and thought it would be cool to take it up for another hunt. Just wondering if it would quickly drop a big blackie, or should I stick to the '06 or 300WSM.
