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Old July 2, 2013, 02:13 AM   #43
Todd1700
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People use the 30/30 for bears and have for along time. You can go buy 7.62x54R soft points at any sporting goods store. It is a very powerful round. More than a 30./30 right around a .308 or 30-06. You can get a carbine mosin if the barrel length is too long for you. It is a cheap, powerful gun. If you do your part, it will do its.
Agreed. As I said before, God help us if bullets in the 180 to 203 grain range travelling at near 30/06 velocities have stopped killing bears. As for the gun itself, no a Mosin Nagant is typically not going to be a tack driver but at any range that a bear is a legitimate threat it's more than accurate enough. The bolt action on a Mosin Nagant is as easily worked as most bolt actions out there and I've never heard anyone claim that a bolt action was unacceptable for bear protection.

There isn't a bear on earth that can take a hit behind the shoulder from a 180 or 203 grain soft point out of a Mosin Nagant and live. As for stopping a charge? Well survival in that situation is going to depend waaaaay more on your ability to shoot accurately under extreme duress than on what caliber gun you are holding.
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