About 20 years ago I took a 405 lbs. black bear in northern Ontario. When we got the bear back to hunting lodge the owner asked "what the hell did you use to shoot this bear." I told him a Remington 788 w/22" barrel and a Kor-lok 180gr. He didn't believe me until I showed him the rifle - only one I had with me.

I shot the bear low and just behind the front leg. That 180gr. Kor-lok came out the right side of the bruin and left a hole big enough to put a 12" softball into.

BTW - I still have the rifle and the original Bushnell Scope Chief VI. After 35 years of duty, I recently refinished the birch stock, pillared and bedded the action.