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Black bears come in all shapes, sizes and even colors in British Columbia’s rugged interior, but finding the “right” bear in all that country takes time and patience—or a little luck.

Weatherby will deliver its first new cartridge in nearly 20 years in 2016, with the introduction of the new 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum. The impending release is already being hailed as the fastest 6.5mm production cartridge in the world.

Many a Weatherby caliber has been celebrated, maligned and at times surpassed. But none can be called insufficient for the job. Today, 71 years after the company’s founding, with the introduction of the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum, the company again claims the high ground.

Here is a sentence designed to lose friends and anger people: “The .308 Winchester is a dog.”

Pushing a 180-grain AccuBond bullet at 3200 fps and a 210-grain AccuBond Long Range with an extremely high ballistic coefficient at 3000 fps, the new 30 Nosler is clearly aimed at elk, moose, big bears, large African antelope and any big game at extreme range.

There are many candidates that fit the bill, but we asked our writer to pick just one, the one, that will best serve any long-range situation.

As a hunting cartridge, the 6.5-284 Norma has been touted as one of the best for game animals up to the size of elk.