OK guys, I may rethink this. I was thinking handy to carry through the jungle.
JB, you use open sights? All our rifles have scopes / no sights except for a mid-70's BDL .30-06. I can remove the scope from that.
2 of the 3 bears we took were neck shots and the 3rd was a double lung hit. He went the farthest at 50 yards. The 2 others dropped. We do like keeping skulls and hides.