Pardon me if I missed it, but what cartridge is that 99 loaded for bear?
If you're talking to me, I'm just learning the 99, but for my Ruger .308 I load 168 grain Seirra HPBTs in front of 43 grains of IMR 4064. That is what I was carrying in the 99 today. I had good luck with the 99 firing that load on the range at 100yds the other day. It doesn't take much to break down a black bear up here. We have giant brown bear, but the blacks are usually small. It's warmer up here this year than many places in the L48. My boy and I were walking around in 39 degree weather, and that should make the blackies wake up.
