well for some people you may be right ? my dear friend a marine, who yes was in viet nam frontline with the rock soldiers and was wounded in viet nam, also lived in Alaska for 20 years, did some bear guiding too ,has killed 3 charging different grizzly bears killed all 3 with a 338 win.mag. in a Remington 700 bolt action, all 3 different years.as he has said to me if you can try to wait the bear out they die slow or if you can get your shots at that bear at a distance, that's were a bolt action magnum might be the right choice.i own a pre war 71 its a great rifle but I`d rather use a 338 win.mag. as the marine has said,he`s seen and been in some real nasty gun battles, he has no fear of man nor beast just his wife ! he also has one of his grizzly bears stuffed by the door when you walk in on a shelf kinda cool too.
Last edited by pete53; 07/23/18.
