Gotcha. The writer wasn't trying to make a point, he was just ridiculous. All that experience hunting brown bears, and yet he dares to form an opinion that disagrees with Karamojo Saturno. Perhaps he has never seen those fine groups you shoot with your keyboard.
I'm convinced. I think you're right. An '06 is a suitable DGR...for you.
I don't think he was trying to make a point...He was dead serious...considering the fact the he thinks the 338 Win Mag is minimum acceptable....
He can have all experience you want blasting the woods with portable howitzers....point is that thousands of grizzly bears have been dropped by the 30-06 and similar, quite comfortably...ask the natives....this fact is undeniable...something that you, conveniently, decide to ignore....so don't argue with me....I just comment facts....go and tell them that their rifle is inadequate...
I guess that before the super boomers of the last 40-50 years everybody was crapping their pants in Alaska for lack of adequate power right???
And you confuse groups with caliber..power with accuracy...what is your point??
Like Float Pilot said, is a well known fact that the minimum accepted caliber for bears tend to get bigger the more close you get to urban areas....the "sunday hunters"....
Thank you for the Karamojo label, but as I said before I never hunted a bear and I have no desire to...but I know quite few people that did it and even got pictures to prove it....I have enormous respect for them...what my groups has to do with it???
The last one is a retired oil prospector that worked in Alaska for more than 30 years...his favourite bear defense gun??? A pump shotgun stuffed with Brenneke and his trusty Remington Model 760 in 30-06....
I like the words of an old ranger: When they say, "that monster was soaking up 375 bullets like candies!!!" they forget to mention that one went to the guts, the other busted the bear's foot, two others went in the air as the shooter was crapping himself....then the guide, to make his client feel good after the dollars he spent on the trip, told him that his shooting was perfect, spot on, nothing wrong with your ability... "
I do not think there is nothing useful to add anymore to this discussion so I stop here......some people rely on raw power some on accuracy....the 30-06 have proven itself up there without our bickering back and forth...
Look at this video of the typical sunday hunters shooting all over the place....I bet you think that the caliber was inadequate!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNgwZgoKFc&feature=fvw