300 wsm or 338 wsm

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The guy recommending nothing less than a .338 WSM must know something that I don't. Winchester decided on .325 over .338 cal. to fill this slot.

Anyway. On bears I would have to agree that if all else is equal (shooting ability, bullet selection...) bigger is better.

I would gladly hunt black bears anywhere with anything from a .308 on up with the right load. By right load I mean heavy for caliber, controlled expansion. I wouldn't worry about speed or trajectory near as much as choosing a tough, heavy bullet.


If I was hunting black bears and could choose any rifle I wanted, I think I'd take a .358 Win. or maybe a .35 Whelen with 250 grain Nosler partitions. Just because I think it would be a fun round to hunt them with and I know they'd do a great job.