Good day in the woods

[okas]

yup that is the long range hunter 338 Lapua .. when i first got mine it was a game with bears good testing targets . every one would use it as guys and chicks love the 98B

[fearnodeer]

Nothing wrong with that one enjoy

[nazarow]

Good eats. Congrats.

[okas]

600 sausage rings

[tigrr]

Nice bear 264.
I never thought about the 338. I was walking so light rifle, 270 win mag for mine.

[375shooter]

460yds with the 285 Amax
Killed fast but bullet retention weight zero...

Good shooting, dude! Congrats.

Yep, hard to judge a bear's size.

[Brambles]

Nice work with the lapua, did you hit any significant bone? Where's the Amax on the bullet toughness spectrum.
im shooting 300 gr Bergers OTM Tacticals outta my 338 Edge but haven't shot any game, curious to give it a whirl though.

[.264winmag]

High shoulder scapula, clipped spine with major trauma, took out opposite shoulder knuckle found jacket hung up in opposite side hair. Impact velocity 2350fps, 3500ft-lbf. So I'd call it a pass through the toughest bone protecting vitals. Trauma to vitals sufficient lol, was a bit concerned not to find Berger sized shrapnel all over however. Did make for much less meat loss than I'd expected, the fragments (more like dust!) not having enough mass to leave vitals.

I would bet as impact velocity rises damage to onside shoulder would rise, penetration would drop but vitals still be destroyed. And as far as penetration and bullet weight retention goes I would say this bullet/caliber is just starting to come into its own. Should be a reliable expander and penetrator down to 1800fps, much further than I'll ever shoot at game.
I tried OTM out this rig, didn't agree with it. They should be much more stouter from what I've researched. And the edge should push it quick enough for reliable expansion way out there.

[thepitchedlink]

Nice bear man

[Xenomorph]

Nice rifle, nice bear. Awesome shooting.