gbran
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On my AK trips, guides had leverguns or shotties with slugs.
I will stand with you on the .375 Win. put a .458 SOCOM to shame..........My personal choice, but I reload; I have a Marlin 20" barreled carbine in .375 Win
that launches a 200grn jacketd flat point @ 2400 fps or 220grn jacketed flat point @ 2200fps or a 265cast @2000 fps. This thing hits like a bus on steroids.
Bears, pigs, deer, elk, your choice @ 200yds or less. Or my .41 mag, I actually bought both of these for Bear!!!
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As I grew up I was well aware of what it was like for the generations before me going back to the 1890's. I knew and talked to older hunters from the time I was a young kid. We lived in a very wild area. There were almost NO bears at all. I knew one person who saw a bear in our area before 2000. Just one.
.375 and .350 are very different cartridges.
The .350 Rem Mag was designed for short barrels - the old Model 600 with 18 or 20 inch barrel lengths. In fact, the Model 600 was designed specifically for Alaska bear guides. Remington solicited input from a bunch of guides and cooked up the short action Model 600. These rifles are almost iconic among bear guides where I live.
The .350 is a pretty fair intermediate range rifle and is plenty accurate for any kind of hunting inside of 250 yards. It doesn't turn into a flame-thrower with its shortened barrel. Remington had a run of Model 7 (short action) in .350 a few years ago and you can probably find one if you look around. If you can find an old Model 600, you'll be even more fortunate.
With that said, for black bears you really don't need a .350. A .308 would serve just as well.
Here is my Remington Custom Shop Model 7:
And whoever said they are more worried about being attacked by a wolf in the lower 48, there hasn't been a wolf attack in a loooooooong time, if ever.