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gun you can accurately shoot. I recently went through this debate and settled on the 338. Its just up to you. I wanted to shoot the most effective gun that I comfortably could handle. Its easy to be turned towards super cannons but you have to be able to hike with it, climb with it, shoot it while breathing heavy and make accurate shots sometimes out 200+ yards. Not everybody can do that with the same gun. A lot of guides carry cannons such as .458 Lotts, and .416 Rems, but they only intend to use that gun in close range and bad situations and usually dont have scopes on them, they use iron sights. I know one that even uses one of those holosight type scopes for low light the red dot is what he relies on. If your gonna take a 100-150 tard shot any of the .30 caliber and up rifles with a quality bullet placed in the shoulder followed by one in the vitals will do the job. Now if your hunting by yourself and might have to trail and or approach a wounded bear I would be looking for something for a longer shot and something with plenty of A** at close range too such as the 375 H&H or 375 Ultra. If your hunting with a friend or a guide 2 338's are better than one 375 IMHO. Double the lead and double the energy. i guess what I am getting at is that I have seen a lot of guys that shoot huge guns and cant hit the broadside of a barn at 200 yards and I wouldn't want someone misdirected into believing they have to shoot that cannon if they dont have to.

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