Dang Yoder , you had me till A-bort Stalker..... hahahah next time a Mauser or pre64 M70 would be the appropriate weapon for a bear as fine as that......
Haha !!! Hence the "gasp !! "
I've read all the bad publicity the A-Bolts have garnered......……. Maybe some have had lousy experiences. I have crawled MILES on my belly and lips pushing the rifle in the pic ahead of me through mud, spruce duff, bear chit and whatever else one can imagine. It's ugly as a mud fence. But it never fails to fire and function when called upon.
I had to belly crawl into some dark spruce to finish the job on a smaller boar that another guy started. He was not at all happy about having a pair of 180 grainers stuck in him in the wrong place, and was liking to make me think he was ready to fight his way outta the spruce. I had no doubts about the rifle I had. It didn't fail me (and THAT'S how I know it's a sucky rifle to shoot down slope, prone). The bear got a rough ride out of the deal...……..at about 40 feet from the muzzle.
