[Larryjk]

Yukon Girl, If you can handle that mossberg 500 with slugs, the 30-30 or 35 Rem will be easy on your shoulder. A 45-70 might give you cause to regret with heavy bullets close to 1900 fps, but that is real bear medicine, and if needed when a bear was coming your way wouldn't be noticeable. Adrenaline (sp) does that to the body.