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Well, my 12 yo. daughter passed Idaho Hunters Ed. over Christmas break and I am so proud.
Anyway, she wants to hunt bears this spring with me as her first hunt. So, after earning a youth Wolverine with all A's on her last report card, she will be at the range very soon to see what kind of recoil she can handle. She already knows she doesn't enjoy 100gr. of BH209 because she's shot my rifle a few times. However, she did fine in regards to accuracy.
The questions I have for the hunters here is...with a well constructed bullet in the 250 gr. range...
1)How light a powder charge do you think we can get away with for bears at less than 50 yds.? Spring bears in ID are not large (125-300 lbs. usually)
2) What do you think that will look like in terms of muzzle velocity?
I was thinking that I'll start at about 70-80 grs. and see what we get for speed and accuracy. Thoughts...
Anyway, she wants to hunt bears this spring with me as her first hunt. So, after earning a youth Wolverine with all A's on her last report card, she will be at the range very soon to see what kind of recoil she can handle. She already knows she doesn't enjoy 100gr. of BH209 because she's shot my rifle a few times. However, she did fine in regards to accuracy.
The questions I have for the hunters here is...with a well constructed bullet in the 250 gr. range...
1)How light a powder charge do you think we can get away with for bears at less than 50 yds.? Spring bears in ID are not large (125-300 lbs. usually)
2) What do you think that will look like in terms of muzzle velocity?
I was thinking that I'll start at about 70-80 grs. and see what we get for speed and accuracy. Thoughts...