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Grizzly/brown bears are flesh and blood but I was wondering about getting adequate penatration because their chests tend to be more rounded compared to a similar sized ungulate.
Theoretically I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder if a given bullet could fully pentrate the vitals of an elk or smaller grizzly but run out of steam on a really big brown bear to the point that it's doing significantly less damage to the second lung. That would still kill obviously but maybe not as fast.
Negative. While a big bear might be thicker inside the chest cavity, that’s all lungs- which is just this side of tougher than air. Lung tissue doesn’t stop bullets- hide, muscle, and bone does. In that regard, the largest bear is about like an elk for a bullet. Maybe less.
I hope we get a good autopsy report. A 223 fully punching both lungs would be the final thing for me. A failure would just mean we found the ceiling for a .223.
Alaskans kill the smack out of brown and grizzly bears every year with 223’s. Usually with crap 55gr FMJ’s.