| Grenadier |
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| 23/06/17 12:32 AM |
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Re: 16 bore for grizzly
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I share your concern, John, but I've never hunted the big bears.
I do know that a Fosbery bullet from a Paradox gun is heavier and carries more energy than a slug from a shotgun of the same bore. A true bore rifle will produce even more energy. But a 16 gauge ball will be about the same size in 16 gauge shotgun or bore rifle and it is lighter than slugs or Paradox bullets.
I keep thinking back to the Lewis and Clark expedition and the trouble they had with killing grizzlies with their .54 caliber rifles. I can only imagine how a hard .66 caliber ball from a shotgun would compare to a hard .54 caliber ball from a rifle but I would bet money the rifle ball would hit harder and penetrate deeper.
Quote:
Clark — Sunday, May 5, 1805
"In the evening we saw a Brown or Grisley beare on a sand beech, I went out with one man Geo Drewyer & Killed the bear, which was verry large and a turrible looking animal, which we found verry hard to kill we Shot ten Balls into him before we killed him, & 5 of those Balls through his lights This animal is the largest of the carnivorous kind I ever saw we had nothing that could way him, I think his weight may be stated at 500 pounds.... we had him skined and divided, the oile tried up & put in Kegs for use."
It's enough to give one pause.