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Congratulations on your bear he's a beauty. The 8x68 is a pretty potent round and that RWS brass will last forever when you start reloading. When I guided mountain goats I had a guy shoot one with that exact same factory load. I'm out again tomorrow afternoon for bear.

I've just used a coarse file and then cleaned it up at the end with some fine sandpaper or emery cloth.

Congratulations on your bear @orchemo ! He looks like he was eating well this spring. What are you planning to do with the meat?

This isn't a case where a guy made an honest mistake, I know a couple of guys that happened to and no one thinks twice about it. This guy has numerous infractions in BC and Alberta and they are the kind where it's impossible to have made an honest mistake. Oh well he will have to pay for all...

An update to this. Instead of taking responsibility for the many infractions they commited they are going full victim mode instead. https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-conservation-officer-denies-allegations-from-hunting-show-host

It's very similar to comparing a 270 Win to 280 Rem. Not much difference except one can shoot heavier bullets. The 9.3x62 has a lot more heavyweight bullets but the 35 Whelen will shoot flatter with its lighter bullets. I used to want to shoot heavy 35 cal bullets but bullets in the 200-250...

A 1A in 243 would be perfect.

Not nearly as long as some of you. 12 gauge buckshot 260 Rem 6.5x55 264 WM 270 Win 6.8 Western 30-06 308 Norma Mag 358 Win 35 Whelen 375 Ruger My rifles in 7mm RM and 303 British were used by other hunters but I don't recall ever shooting anything myself with them.

I appreciate your input and your good natured demeanor as well. I've seen on that other forum how pig headed they can be on things I know they are wrong so don't trust them necessary on something I don't have as much experience on like scopes for longer range shooting. I've watched the Barbour...

You have lots of experience so what would be your choices for durable scopes that work as they should and hold zero? On the Rokslide forum they pretty much claim that SWFA, Nightforce and Trijicon are the only ones worth looking at and the rest are junk. There might be a few others they seem to...

Beautiful rifle, those featherweights are such nice rifles.

It was right there and needed to be bought you know......... I could apologize to your lady but I'm not sorry lol. I sure hope she takes possession of it for herself. Would make a dandy deer gun for her!

I'm completely shocked that a guy called @xphunter would like the XP-100 platform!

Welcome from me as well. You have gotten some excellent advise from the guys. Any good bullet from a 280 Rem will work well for moose. I've taken a bunch over the years with a number of cartridges but not the 280 yet. I have two friends who use the 280 and they used 150 -175 gr bullets for...

Heard good things about it. Great to hear there's a new version coming out.

308 Norma Magnum for me. Still the best designed belted 30 cal magnum in my opinion. Shot my first caribou and mountain goat with it. Took a bunch of moose and bear too. 270 Weatherby would be next, never shot one but always have been intrigued by it. A 160 gr Partition at 3100 fps would be...

In this category I like the 307 Winchester. Had a M 94 with the high comb and it shot great. Should have kept it.

We should add the non metrics too, good idea. I'm a big fan of the 308 Norma magnum and also had a stint with the 358 Norma too. Both are excellent for sure.

Not sure if you were planning this one too @Blkram but here we go! Definitely the 6.5x55. It was my first 6.5 mm round and we still have one. It's capable of a bit more speed than the 6.5 Creed or my other favorite 6.5 the 260 Rem and fantastic accuracy. I shot my only wolf with a 156 gr...

Definitely the 260 Remington, it never disappoints. After that: 7mm-08 358 Win 243 308 338 Federal.