I shot a bunch of stuff in AK with plain cup and core bullets in a 20” barreled Whelen. 250s at 2550fps was where the magic happened for me. The only one I ever recall catching was a 250 RN on a quartering shot on a grizzly, it looks like a magazine advertisement.
Had a buddy who killed a bunch of moose with a Sako rebarreled to 358. His favorite bullet was the 200 Spire point.
At these type velocities plain old bullets work great.
