mrfudd,

Took my one grizzly with a 1.25-4x Trijicon AccuPoint--which worked fine. First shot was about 65 yards, the bear angling slightly away, and the bullet took out both lungs, exiting in the little angle behind the far shoulder. He decided not to drop, but whirled around and ran back in the direction he'd walked from, though angling closer to me and my guide. We each shot as he crossed in front of us, but at that instant the bear turned and bit at the entrance wound, so we shot in front of him. The bear then started angling away, and I put a bullet in the right ribs, which ended up under the neck hide in front of the left shoulder. At that point the bear sank into the tall grass, but would have been dead from the first shot. Elapsed time from first to last shot was maybe 5 seconds.

Believe I had the scope set on 4x, but wouldn't swear to it.


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