Originally Posted by scenarshooter
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Here you go....338LM. This bear was 570 meters, across a canyon with plenty of wind. I'd seen a nice brown boar the night before in the same place. I was packing my .308 and didn't want to risk a poor hit due to the fickle wind in that canyon. I've taken a few nice black bears with the .308 at those ranges(450-600M)but there was little or zero wind.


Pat did you reach for the .338 based on external ballistics or concerns about terminal ballistics at that distance?


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