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Let’s take a look at some of the best choices for a heavy rifle for African hunting.

Here’s a detailed look at the top black bear cartridges for rifles and handguns.

Contributor Philip Massaro shares some of his favorite rifles and loads for different bear hunting scenarios.

Introduced in 1989, the .416 Remington Magnum is fully capable of handling any and all game, including the heavyweights like elephant, hippo, buffalo and coastal brown bears. Its trajectory is flatter than most would think, and recoil isn’t much heavier than the .375 H&H, yet the terminal results are visibly greater.

Introduced in 1956, the .458 Winchester Magnum offered the ballistic formula of the .450 NE in a bolt-action, affordable rifle.

Few cartridges, in the history of modern firearms, have influenced our shooting world as much as the 7x57mm Mauser.

Let’s take a look at some of the best bullets for African plains game on the market.

The sights and sounds of Alaska alone are worth a cross-country trek. But a hunter should never forget there are bears aplenty in the 49th.

There’s no doubt that copper monometal bullets are here to stay. But are they so good that they warrant abandoning lead core ammo altogether? We take a look at the pros and cons of each style.