Dedicated Alaska / Canada big game "just one" rifle chambering

I'd have to go with .338 win mag, its the most popular in Alaska for a reason.

I voted .375 H&H for the one gun deal. With 300 grain premium bullets It will put the big bears down with authority and with lighter bullets it's not unpleasant to shoot. It's also flat shooting. Get it in a stainless bolt action and your good to go.

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My thoughts exactly

I chose the .325 WSM, very powerful round. Mainly I like the round in combination with the Browning BLR. I think it'd be a great all around Alaskan tool. However, I know an old boy that was an inuit indian agent after WW2 for a while, said the inuit took EVERYthing with a .30-30 back in those days. It ain't the arrow, it's literally the indian.

After the Howdah pistol...

I couldn't decide between the .375 H&H or the .300 Mag so I chose the venerable .30-06 and I'd have it reamed to .30-06 Ackley Improved.

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I chose a Weatherby Mark V® Fibermark Composite in .300 WM.

The howdah pistol is the last desperate act of a man about to be eaten by a Tiger. In Alaska you don't get many elephants to slow a bear down. To hunt bear a .338 mag sounds good but to survive in the long run, a 30-06 fits the bill as long as you don't let the bear get close enough to use the Howdah. I wonder if the bear and the tiger use the same word for white meat.