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I've done a combination sheep/grizzly and carried a 300 Win. Mag. with complete confidence. If you can't kill any mountain grizzly stone-dead with a 300 Win. Mag. and strong 180 gr. bullets, you won't be able to kill him with anything else. I'd be happy to hunt sheep and grizzly, for that matter, with a light 30-06 as well.

A 375 H&H is just too big and heavy a rifle to carry on mountains hunts, and it's completely unnecessary in the first place............sort of like putting on hip boots in the face of an April shower!

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Totally agree with the above--I have used a 300 Win for over 30 years--for one thing or another--what some do when in an area such is this is use the 180 grain bullets for the actual sheep hunt--and load up some 200 or heavier for the trip back to camp with the meat on your back.. If you are being charged by a grizzly your shots will be very close ..

Having said that--both myself and several friends have shot grizzlies with a 7mm or 300 Win mag with no problems what so ever---IMHO this is not a hunt for a .375...

Ripp

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