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light for caliber and cartridge...
Posted by Brian Richardson on Mar 06 2006
Why would you go so (repeat) so light for caliber and cartridge?
Is it only because it has demonstrated itself to shoot super accurate in your particular rifle?
If that is the case I think your reason here is not a good enough, convincing interpretation.
Here’s why:
So many the threads you’ll read here and in magazines talk about bullet placement as #1 on Big game. They will also support their positions on using sub-4-species guns, caliber, cartridges, and loadings based on shootability, easy on the shoulder, easy to carry user friendliness, and the ability to place shots routinely accurately. Well I’m gonna tell ya straight up --- That’s not true an nonsensical in the slightest notion… otherwise we’d all be out there with our Match accurate .22 lr letting the big game in Alaska know that we are a little to no more serious other than with regards to shot placement and hit percentages than the famed Alaska Mosquito.
In your post, however, (kudos to ya) you have a very suitable by dangerous game hunter’s accepted wisdom chosen an excellent All-arounder in .375 WBY. MAG. for Alaskan Big Game, and you are planning a Spring Brown Bear Hunt.
Based on my experiences once game goes around 1000 lbs & over… that's when the bigger caliber Magnum rifles in heavy for caliber loadings really shine through.
The plastic-tipped & bonded bullets in the appropriate .375 Magnum calibers will work more on par and likely just as effectively as older more conventional bullets on thicker skinned, heavier boned, tougher animals like the Brown Bears here in Alaska. While you may be getting great accuracy with Accubonds these bullets are not placing a premium on toughness, but instead on accuracy and expansion. These attributes for thinner skinned game are features that will limit you to some degree (particularly with extra velocity on light for caliber loadings) vs. promising better penetration (probably regardless of velocity) from really tough constructed bullets like The A-frame, Trophy-bonded and others.
While I don’t think you’ll encounter any sort of bullet blow up or blow back to the bonded variety of these bullets --- a good middle of the road approach would be a 300 grain Nosler Partition. In Alaska versatility and all-arounders I place at a premium. The Nosler Partition is in a .375 Magnum rifle is considered to certainly be one the most multipurpose set-ups you could possible have in your hands… and ideal for Brown Bear!
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