Quote Originally Posted by Bruce View Post
johnv,

I agree for the most part and that part's up to brown bear and grizzly at which point something a bit bigger is probably a bit better. Other than the black powder cartridge rounds, such as the .45-70 and .45-90 which are my current go-to target rounds, I think the best round for hunts-back game is a .375 H&H. At nearly 100 years old and like the .50BMG it is a of a design and level of performance that has proved very difficult to better.
Speaking of old, I think the .490 roundball and 100+ gr of black powder has been doing a good job of taking game for the last 150 years or so...