Black bear calibre/ammo

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Originally Posted by Bear13

303 british.....pretty slow heavy roud.....it wont go far

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No not very far...ONLY two or three Miles. It will carry enough energy to do serious injury or death for a long time.

It is normal for hunters up north to drop moose at 500 to 800 yards with the 303 British using 180 or 200 grain rounds.

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

No not very far...ONLY two or three Miles. It will carry enough energy to do serious injury or death for a long time.

It is normal for hunters up north to drop moose at 500 to 800 yards with the 303 British using 180 or 200 grain rounds.

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I am pretty sure he meant the bear will not go far

Maybe the bullet will stay in the bear.

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Originally Posted by glen

Maybe the bullet will stay in the bear.

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In the shattered shoulder behind the exploded heart would be a great spot for it.

i sported a 6.5x55. was a good all around choice when bushwacking northern ontario.

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Originally Posted by Bear13

303 british.....pretty slow heavy roud.....it wont go far

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

No not very far...ONLY two or three Miles. It will carry enough energy to do serious injury or death for a long time.

It is normal for hunters up north to drop moose at 500 to 800 yards with the 303 British using 180 or 200 grain rounds.

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You do know that a 180gr .303 zeroed at 200 yds will have a -60" (5 FEET ) hold over for it to hit a target at 500 yd and will have less than 1,000 ft/lbs of energy (ethical minimum to kill a deer).

So you might not be stretching it to say hunters are killing deer with it at 800 yds HaHa...

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Originally Posted by punkrockerpj

i sported a 6.5x55. was a good all around choice when bushwacking northern ontario.

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Millions of Europeans agree !!

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Originally Posted by MikePal

You do know that a 180gr .303 zeroed at 200 yds will have a -60" (5 FEET ) hold over for it to hit a target at 500 yd and will have less than 1,000 ft/lbs of energy (ethical minimum to kill a deer).

So you might not be stretching it to say hunters are killing deer with it at 800 yds HaHa...

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Those kind of shots are what the 7mm, 300 magnums are better suited for....

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Originally Posted by canadaman30

Those kind of shots are what the 7mm, 300 magnums are better suited for....

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Only wealthy southern hunters had those. I was 21 years old before I found out there was someone beside Dominion Arms that made rifle ammo. That was the year I finally ran out of the ammo I got for my Birthdays and in my Xmas stocking since I was 9 years old.

I miss my No 4 rifle.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

You do know that a 180gr .303 zeroed at 200 yds will have a -60" (5 FEET ) hold over for it to hit a target at 500 yd and will have less than 1,000 ft/lbs of energy (ethical minimum to kill a deer).

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It is still a dangerous round for a long distance beyond your target. Just because it's not a 3000+ FPS round does not mean it's not going travel aways.

My No.4 Rifle had an adjustable sight and I used an Optical range finder.