Hopefully Mainer comes along to share his experiences with short barreled .308 and .358 rifles with heavy bullets. The man has done some experimenting on critters with them in pursuit of perfection.

I like 250s in my 20.5" .358 and 200s in my 18" .308. If forced to only have one, for me it would be the .358 since I have to deal with brown bears.