My take away from all of this? Shot placement trumps caliber� but we all already knew that, right? Make a good first shot� If it makes sense on a whitetail it makes sense on a brown bear. Put a bullet through the vitals and death is sure to follow. I'm a believer in the "hunt with as much gun as you can shoot accurately and confidently" theory. To some that's a .223, to others that's a .458WinMag� to me that's an FN built Win M70 CRF in .338WM�
