Nope, no change to your story at all... But he is a jerk and got what he had coming in another way and sense.
It is difficult to have a "clever" talk here when so many come in wildly swinging for a home run in winning an argument.
As to my brown bear fantasies, I was only there for two in the last month and a whole lot more over the last 40 years. Might have had to kill a couple coming in with bad intent.
My son shot the second brown bear with me last month and he used a 25-06 with 80gr TTSX bullets, so I suspect your guesses were off there, too. I usually use a 375AI with 270gr X bullets, but I have used a number of other cartridges and bullets.
While I have been on lots of hunts, here are links to four of the brown bear hunts I have posted about in the last two years: