Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Why not a short barrel on a DG country rifle?

When an Alaskan resident and still hunting for brown bears I had a custom 375 H&H made for me with a 22" barrel. You've burned just about the full amount of powder you can with that caliber in 22" and it's a lot handier when weaving your way through thick alders with a potential close encounter in your future. Don't forget to have a scope that's (when on low power) in focus half-way down your barrel with a big field of view. Nothing like not being able to get both eyes of a very large brown bear in the view of your scope when the uh-oh happens. If you're not specifically hunting brown bears then a bigger scope and a longer barrel should be fine.