Oooooooooooooooooh that makes sense now. You were quoting figures for the .338 Win Mag. I was talking about the wildcat .338-06. No wonder the stats you were quoting for the .338 seemed too high. The .35 Whelen and .338-06 are ballisticaly very close. The .338 outperforms the .35 in bullet weights from 250g on down for the reason you just mentioned. The slight increase in bottleneck improves the efficiency of the case. The .338 seems to be a ballistic sweet spot with the -06 case. It outperforms both larger and smaller bores.
aha, ill check that out.
Half a dozen Coastal Blacktail Deer, a couple dozen wild pigs and hundreds of long range Ground Squirrels. My best shot on a Ground Squirrel was 600 yards with my .243, 87gr Hornady V-Max @ 3400fps
Damn, that's a tough one. A gun that's lightweight and has enough knockdown power for a Grizzly (Brown Bear, same thing) is going to kick the crap out of you. A 12ga Pump or semi-auto comes to mind. Otherwise a .375 Winchester lever-action if you can find one.
ive got a remington 1100 12ga. not exactly something id want to pack around. thought about the mossberg JIC but id have to practice shooting from the hip, and still prolly wouldnt feel comfortable taking on a bear with it.
375 win is too far out of production, i dont want a fucked up old 20 year old gun. but thats generally what im looking for. i like that it was available in 20" barrel, i could pack that pretty easily.
either of you shot a 405 winchester? looks like theyre making some new 1895s in 405. i have a feeling itd maim my shoulder though. and id have reservations buying a new 100 year old gun.
does anybody make a 338-06 lever with a 20" barrel? what about the 338 marlin express?
ill check savage, but i dont want anything modified. and reloading my own bullets isnt something id want to get into.
...a giant fucking revolver...
the 460 is looking more practical for packing. think itd kill a bear?
(did i just refer to the 460 as practical? time for bed)
i had a dart gun, a machine gun, 2 water pistols and another pistol. i had a zorro sword, a regular sword, a light saber and an aladdin sword.
what about your rail gun? you forgot about that one.