Terry Wieland used a .300 Weatherby Magnum when he hunted brown bear on Kodiak, and was also hunting deer. He brought two loads, one with 150-grain Partitions for deer and another with 200-grain Partitions for brown bear. He was surprised by a big brown bear when the 150's were in the rifle, and they didn't work very well. As I recall, the first one disintegrated on the bear's shoulder. Terry came out of it OK but as I recall the guide was eventually shooting too. Maybe 150 Golds would have worked better on a frontal shot on a big bear, but I wouldn't want to have to find out.
And a TSX or TTSX would have done a better job at either weight... Certainly not worried about meat loss on a brown bear either... But if it is possible to make a bigger mess of deer than with a really fast, light NPT I have not seen it.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
