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Wahnie I hunt everything in Alaska with a 375 H&H with 300 gr Nosler Partitions, or swift A-frames. My rifle is a Whitworth African express, in a synthetic stock, it is mounted with a 3-9x40mm scope with duplex reticle, and in Warne Quick Detachable rings & bases, and express iron sights. The rifle is a CRF action, and shoots like a target rifle. If you shoot the 7mm STW with heavy bullets, you will have no trouble with a 375 H&H rifle. Also, if you get a chance to hunt Africa, the 375 H&H is legal for dangerous game, and the 7mm STW isn't, but it is a fine doll sheep cratridge!

What we are talking about when we say Grizzly in Alaska, we are talking about two different bears. The inland grizzly is similar to the grizzlies in the lower 48, and canada, with the average boar running in the 400 lb range, with large one going as high a 800 lbs. The costal Grizz, so-called (KODIAK BEAR) is a costal brown bear, and he is a whole different pile of meat, and claw. These bear will often run in the 9', to 10' foot squared, and between 800, and up to 1800 lbs on rare ones. in the coastal Islands in Southeast Alaska, the black bear are often larger than lower 48 grizzlies, and about the size of many inland Alaska grizzlies. The bear up there get big because of the very high protene they get in the salmon runs, and the longer feeding time before den up. Winter comes in with a vengance in the interior, where the inland grizz lives, so he dens up earlier than on the coast, so doesn't get as large. The costal bear, certainly calls for the 375H&H, and the CRF action is called for because of the tight alders you might have to go into to sort him out, if the first shot doesn't do the trick. Besides you'll love that CZ 550, in 375 H&H.

......................Good luck, and shoot straight!