Originally Posted by astralabs


As for what the 35W would not be my first choice in Alaska .... The big bears.
Feel more comfortable with my A Bolt II in 375 H&H pushing a 300gr TSX @ 2700 fps. A good Buff load is a good Bear load.


I can respect your stance and there's no arguing the 375 is a fantastic and popular choice. I'm aware of a guy that killed a respectable brown bear with a 35 Whelen. IIRC, he said a 225 Northfork pinned the above bear on the spot at 100 yards and he could have saved bullets 2&3.

Had he listened to some of the internet experts (that's not a shot at you) that had never hunted brown bear, he'd have been under-gunned with anything but a howitzer. grin

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