I helped a couple guys on a black bear hunt several years ago. One of the fellows was visiting from the prairies and the goal was to get him on a bear his set up was a 300 win mag with 150gr sst's of all things
Ended up finding the visiting shooter a decent bear and he shot it a bit far back on a quartering away shot. Things worked out better than I would have thought actually it was about a 120 yd shot and the bullet entered behind the last rib, clipping the stomach, vaporizing the liver, one lung and exiting the shoulder. Not a pretty shot but the bear made it around 60 yards and piled up for good. Damage to the quarter that it exited was extensive, a couple softballs worth of blood shot meat. As someone said back there wait for a broadside, don't shoot them in the meat and they work fine, still wouldn't recommend them for bear tho
