All I know is that I liked having the 375 Ruger when I went after AK grizzly bears.
Exactly! But wait, some here say a 243"AI" would be enough given proper shot placement!
"I liked having" is emotional, and I understand the appeal! But that doesn't mean that anything less would not "be enough". Enough for what? Enough to kill, or enough to stop? Sure, a .243AI can kill a grizz, but it's not enough to stop it with certainty with vital hits every time. But then again, no shoulder-fired rifle is. When we talk about stopping a charge, we're really banking on sufficient penetration and marksmanship to break down the CNS. Even crunching bone isn't enough to stop large animals every time, without failure. As MILES implied, we may be able to guarantee a stop if we hit a bear in the body (non-CNS) with a 20mm...
