Brown Bear Ammo

[ball151]

Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you guys can help me out on some ammo recommendations. I have a spring AK peninsula brown bear hunt coming up. I'll be running a custom 300PRC for this hunt with a 1 in 10 twist. It shoots factory Berger 215's at sub 1/2 MOA groups, but that's not an ideal bullet choice for this hunt. The rifle does not like the ELD-X or ELD-M ammo. I'm not a handloader and will be running factory ammo for this hunt. The slower twist hampers some of the bullet weight choices a bit too. I'm looking for some other suggestions that you guys would recommend. Thanks in advance for any input you all can offer, I appreciate it!

 

[hiker270]

200 Grain Nosler Accubond Choice custom ammunition 300 PRC

 

[jd270win]

Somebody’s going to jump in here and tell you those Bergers are fine, but I agree with your assessment of “not ideal.”

Accuracy requirements aren’t particularly painstaking for a brown bear. If I can get 1.5 MOA with a bullet I like, that’s good enough. Getting closer is the fun part of brown bear hunting, and helps with field judging.

Midway has a good selection of 300 PRC with sturdier bullets in stock right now. Of their current offerings, the Federal Terminal Ascent load would be my first pick.

To echo the above though, I have had great success with 30 cal 180 Accubonds on bears. The 200 gr out of a PRC would be awesome if you can find some.