Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Going for grizzly with a 30-30

They ARE put together pretty stout.

The preferred round today for Polar Bears is the 223.

I wouldn't be concerned about killing one with a 30-30...just outrunning him before he croaked.

how about using the 220 swift ?

anyone read "Alaska'a wolf man "

My lord, I just read the link in your Sig line, did that gal sue PayPal?

Good choice - for the seals they are hunting.

Yes, it's a heck of a seal caliber. Wish us "white guys" could still hunt them. Seal liver is awesome. I miss that.

If the .243 is an Elk killing machine on 6-800 lb Elk,as some say,the 30-30 is a Grizz killing machine on 4-500 lb Grizzlies.

In both cases,there are better choices!


Jayco

actually, the line comes from Robert Ruark's book, Use Enough Gun, a compilation published after his death in 1965. While it wouldn't be my choice for a big bear, I would guess it was probably considered plenty 'nuff gun early in the last century.

As was the 44-40 in a "Winchester 73" !

yep....which makes one wonder....have we been bamboozled by the hook and bullet press, are animals way tougher than they were a century ago, or were legions of our forefathers consumed by predators after pinking them with puny lever actions? Quien sabe?

I think we have been had by the ammo & arms builders myself.

Gotta sell more new stuff to keep up the bottom line.

But then I have done stuff that has caused folks to ask how I did it. Simple answer, didn't know I couldn't!

I used to know an old Montana outfitter who operated in the Bob Marshall Wilderness for many years. His only rifle for most of those years (he retired from active outfitting about 1980, when he turned 70) was a .30-30--a Savage 99, not a 94 Winchester. He killed five grizzlies for himself with it over the years, and also backed up a few dudes when they wanted a grizzly and couldn't quite get the job totally done by themself. He also killed a bunch of elk with the rifle, including a 6x6 bull he took when 80, during a snowstorm after he'd ridden his horse by himself back into the mountains.

Guess grizzlies and people have changed over the years.

Not......And your 100% right.

Jayco

Oh well, times have changed. You no longer can catch fish with a Zebco either.....

IIRC the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition learned to avoid Griz at all costs.

Dang, now I gotta get rid on my reels! What about Heddon "Pal Spook" rods? Don't tell me they don't work anymore or the Pflueger Supreme bait casting reels.

Oh you can hang them on that 33, but as sorry as the metal is now, you just can't crank them in.

I have a ton of respect for the big bears, having hunted ursus arctos on 3 occasions and seen the destruction they're capable of.
That said, they do kill even the biggest Brownies with a pointed stick don't they?

I wonder if any do without back-up?