You’re just going to piss off a grizzly if you start shooting it with a 30-30 in my opinion.
That depends 100% upon where you place those rounds.
Sure and you can kill grizzly bears with 9mm pistols. Using a 30-30 on a grizzly would be an act of a desperate person. Just plain stupid otherwise.
Of course it would be an act of desperation, the man is not hunting bears he is hunting mule deer.
If bear defense is a requirement, I'd surely not trade the .30-30 for any sidearm.
Old Crab, stick with the Partition load. I have tested both the FTX and Partition, and I'd not give up the penetration and performance on game for a minor improvement in trajectory.
