Can the previos 3 posters pleazze tell us how many alaska browns theyve killed and what caliber and bullet used and details of the hunts? Trophy pixs would be nice too. As Sgt Friday would say just the facts. Your facts pleeze not things read while on a sofa in mn pa or mich.
I have killed no brown bears. I have killed no carnivores that would tend to try to eat me, if I had not succeeded in killing them first.
So, does that mean I should go out and try to do just that with a .270? I'll pass. Most anyone with any common sense would.
Winchester Reapeating Arms company was in a state of flux and dynamic change (some would say, dying) in the era Jack was writing about them and waxing poetic about the .270. Did he shrill for them? Maybe. I didn't buy any of the magic then, and I'll certainly not be buying it now.
KY Jon just typed about the best reference material I've ever seen for hunting Brown bears, and I suspected as much before he did that. Bravo. Glad he got out of that one.
The gun writers usually leave out the part about soiling yourself when things go wrong. A .270 seems to me to be a bad place to start on a trip for Brown bears in Alaska.
Best,
Ted
