Here's an interesting "cut and paste" from another thread.
I find it interesting what this professional Alaska Brown Bear guide is going to be using this year. As most people know, the average Alaska Brown bear is a LOT bigger than the average grizzly, and the average grizzly is a lot bigger than the average lion...
From Phil Shemaker - "I am loading up box of 30-06 with 220 Partitions and another with 220 Woodleighs and plan on using one or the other during this spring's bear season in my 30-06 as my back-up piece. In the past, in test media the 220 partitions from my 30-06 penetrate virtually identical to 300 gr partitons from the 375 H&H.
I have killed as many bears with my 30-06 and 200 partitons as I have with the various 375's and while the 375's sometimes (? !) seem to put them down a little faster - the difference is not much, nor as evident, as most people suspect.
I am not suggesting that the 30-06 is an equal to my 458 as a backup rifle - because it certainly is not - but when used by someone who can shoot it the 30-06 with today's best bullets is a perfectly suitable rifle for use on big bears."
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Phil Shoemaker
Interesting...
