.243 for Black Bear?

I think that your choice of a 12 gauge is a good one. Try lots of different slugs and see which one shoots the best in your shotgun and when the magic time comes, get a good rest and squeeze that trigger and make the best shot you are capable of. Be sure to plan ahead on how to get the bear out of the woods. Dragging is difficult without a lot of help and you really don't want to damage the pelt. Don't forget to start saving your nickles for that bear mount or rug like I got. Be sure that you contact your taxidermist before leaving on your hunt and discuss proper skinning technique for the type of trophy mount or rug that you want. Best of luck and enjoy the hunt. Just sitting here typing about bear hunting has my blood pumping!:)
 
The red dot scopes work great. You aren't trying to cut holes at 100 yards, you want to shoot a bear. I use a red dot on my muzzleloader and had one on a 30-30 for a long time. The red dot scope will keep the bullets inside the dot if you do your thing.

The Remington all copper slugs are great and work as advertised.

All you have to do with the bear is stay calm and make a good shot. Post up a photo when you get him.
 
That's Mr. Mall Ninja to you.
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now that's funny, I love it when somebody imbraces a name that would normally be considered an insult, kinda turns the whole thing around.

50,000 hour battery life? Is that right? fifty thousand hours? That's over five years! That is awesome, I'd never bother turning it off unless the battery costs big $.

So, to each his own and good hunting to you. Post pics when you get your bear.
 
Nothing common enough to be in the Hodgdon reloading data I use. Calibers jump from .223 right up to 6mm (.243). So, assuming .230 is legal, you'd have to want to use it really bad, or just be smart and go with a 6mm/.243:rolleyes: When I took my hunter ed class in middle school I distinctly remember the teacher saying ".243 is the minimum caliber for big game in Wyoming". Either: 1-The rules have changed, 2-He was being practical about it, 3-My memory is a bit fuzzy on the details as that was over 20 years ago and I'm being practical about it.

To me the .243 win is a great varmint cartridge, I may consider it for whitetail but we don't have those here and the only deer I killed in Wyoming were Muleys and yes, .243 will do well enough on Muleys but it wouldn't be my first pick. The .243 would be great on Sitka Blacktail, but at times a gunshot is like a dinner bell on Kodiak and I want to have more than a varmint gun handy when Mr. Ursus Arctos shows up for chow. When my girls are big enough to hunt that's what they'll prolly kill deer with, but you can bet I'll be packin' big and there'll be another adult hunter who is also packin' big.

Somebody said earlier that they know a guy who routinely kills brown bear with a .223, I'd have to see a photo of a bruin with the AR posing on the carcass to believe it... Even then I'd still think he was an... Well, I wouldn't try it and I bet there isn't one single Brown Bear guide who would stand for a hunter going that undergunned. When you go for bear severely undergunned you are not only risking your own life but the lives of all who happen to be in that neck of the woods, I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that these buggers are very tough and extremely dangerous when wounded. Go loaded for bear or stay in fantasy land on the video game machine.

Rant over
My apologies to the O.P. for the partial hijack
 
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