Gary Reeder
the lighter weight bullets have more kinetic energy and
Tuesday, February 04, 2020, 10:34

more hydro static shock. That puts the animal into shock and puts him down quicker. George Faerber, out bear guide in Alaska carries a 338 Win. Mag. for that reason. As compared to the 375 H&H, it is faster, flatter and has the shock to ruin the bear's day. He told me he no longer allows the big heavy lead bullets in his camp as they simply don't work as well as the lighter weight bullets. On the bear I shot with the 510 GNR I was trying some really heavy 445 grain bullets a friend who loads commercially loaded for me. He asked me to try them on a bear. The bear was shot twice and both bullets went all the way thru but the bear ran off and I found him in some thick alders a while later. Another of our hunters, also shooting the 510 GNR with the same load hit his bear just behind the shoulder and in the video you could see the bullet exit and hit the water behind the bear. The bear ran off and we never did find him. George said he had had several incidents just like that whereas the slightly lighter weight bullets tended to put the bears down quicker.