Phil Shoemaker wrote back to me. I was told he had stopped brown bear charges with a 30-06. His favorite load for brown bears is a 200gr Nosler Partition. Yep! That should penetrate with a sectional density of 301.
His opinion hasn’t wavered in years. I corresponded with him when I first got on this forum about what he recommended for bear. He pretty much told me to run a 200 grain partition in an 06 with as much RL22 I could fit in the case. I no longer have an 06 but that advice still stands today in my load notes as a dandy bear load. No browns or grizz but some solid black bears
