O.K. you guys convinced me to play too. My 14 year old son wants to go sheep hunting here in the Yukon and he is doing pretty well out to 385 yards with his left handed Tikka in 243. I have been on a group program for 3 months and recently climbed a fair size mountain with my group. I am fitter and stronger but still way too fat so I need to lose weight and lose weight in my pack too. The Ruger Ranch looks like the lightest legal Grizzly defense firearm I am likely to come across so I bought one. Hard to find in Canada but the local dealer got me one in. Here I am at the range!
Here is my new Rifle
This is how she groups with 225 grain FTX bullets at 2400fps. Into wet and dry newsprint this bullet penetrates 8 to 9" and holds onto 60% of it's mass expanding to about 75 caliber.
Video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM62DpPfCTw&t=88s
Video 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5Ms9f7o7c