338 brown bear & moose bullet

[sniper61]

I got a kimber 338 win mag. . Looking for the best ball to start a new load. Started with 5 boxes of 200gr. SST in factory loads to break in the barrel and they did will on a black bear and a mountain goat . The next trip for it will be brown bear. So say all.

 

[BRWNBR]

Any of them work. Bergers work less gooder. Partition, TsX, a-frame, trophy bonded, sirroco, accubond etc are all great. You will not get any complaints from the bear.

 

[wyosteve]

I've shot 2 moose with 210 Nosler Partitions, 5 black bear with the same and on my griz. I used 250 gr. Partitions. All did the job well. If I was going after brown bear, I'd use the 250's.

 

[6mm Remington]

Partitions - Accubonds - E-tips all Nosler flavor would be my pick of one of those.

 

[luke moffat]

Any of them work. Bergers work less gooder. Partition, TsX, a-frame, trophy bonded, sirroco, accubond etc are all great. You will not get any complaints from the bear.

Yeah but your sample size is small on what bullets work on bears.

 

[BRWNBR]

Yeah but your sample size is small on what bullets work on bears.

Uh ya. I uh just googled it, and checked out some YouTube stuff.

 

[luke moffat]

Uh ya. I uh just googled it, and checked out some YouTube stuff.

Well then its gotta be true.

 

[BRWNBR]

Forum fact. No disputing that!

 

[sniper61]

I start with the barnes now lets hear your picks for weight , light 200gr. or heaver 225,250 ,270?

 

[BRWNBR]

It don’t matter. You are starting to overthink this now. Lol
But for the gear junkie...heavier the better me thinks. My 338 mag wouldn’t fit the 250 tsx because they are to long. I shot 225’s and still do.

 

[Maverick940]

Heavy for caliber bullets tend to work better, regardless. In other words, I'd rather thump a coastal Alaskan brown bear with a 200 grain .30 caliber bullet than a 150 grain .30 caliber bullet, but that's merely an example. Anyway, carry on ......

 

[philos]

Heavy for caliber bullets tend to work better, regardless. In other words, I'd rather thump a coastal Alaskan brown bear with a 200 grain .30 caliber bullet than a 150 grain .30 caliber bullet, but that's merely an example. Anyway, carry on ......

I'd say for big bears the above logic is spot on. Of course shot placement matters but I want the most energy dispensed in a big bear all else being equal.

 

[300dakota]

for moose many bullets mentioned are more than adequate..Woodleigh,northfork,swift a frame,hornady interlock,barnes in that order..not a fan of partitions

 

[300dakota]

forgot to say bullets mentioned primarily for brown bear

 

[waterrat]

I have used most of the mentioned bullets a time or 2 on grizzly and brown bears. The bullet that I settled on in my 358 Norma is the 280gr Swift A Frame, it's so dependable that every bullet recovered (not a bunch) looks identical whether fired at 50' or 300 yds. Midway has 275gr SAF in stock, that takes the bullet out of what could go wrong in my mind,, Good Luck!

 

[JO.]

For bigger stuff I tend to stick with heavier weight accubonds or barnes.

 

[sniper61]

Ended up with a 225gr. barnes ttsx 4350 powder . hope they shoot as well as the 200gr sst I used on black bear and goat with it. I get back to you guys on that.