Interesting,, yet still lacking in a few things.
In his charge,, he was dealing with a previously wounded bear, and shot it again with an arrow. THEN the bear charged,, and he deployed his handgun. He was able to make a very good hit, in the brain, and stopped the charge. Excellent.
But,, his follow-up testing etc,, I saw a few things that I felt were lacking in true facts.
He was shooting as a rolling tire,, (a good idea,) but it was NOT rolling at him, but at an angle.
He chose a revolver,, and he SA cocked it each time, instead of DA shooting. He followed with semi-auto handgun,, and in his breakdown,, the revolver was a 44 mag,, which he described as "the big gun",, and he then chose a 1911 in 10mm as a "mid-sized gun," followed by a DA only hammerless snubby .357 as his compact gun. Lastly,,, he used a shotgun, which was what he scored the best hits with.
He really focused upon the semi's as the "best" because of the number of rounds available,, and yet,, he did say that you had to be able to hit the target. And there was discussion about ammo choices.
Lastly,, he did show bear spray,, including an out of date can, compared to a in date can. Yet, if you looked closely at his video, there were 4 cans of empty spray on the ground. What were his results for the other 2 cans?
All in all, it wasn't "bad" but like so many others,, it wasn't as complete as it could have been. That, and he didn't stress the capability of the person enough. An accomplished handgunner,, who practices a lot more,, vs. a casual hiker,,, vs. a weekender who pops a few rounds at paper.
And he had TIME to prepare for the rolling tire,, and he failed to induce any real stress to his shooting. (Remember, he was able to SA cock his DA revolver.)
Now,, I know a LOT of "what if's" & "How to's & not to's" are hard to duplicate on a range & practice. I just think it could have been a little better in the stuff he DID show.
There is just NOT a single best way or method, or firearm etc that can be the "perfect" bear defense system.
But I have seen a common theme among true professionals.
(1) Accuracy, and especially accuracy under stress.
(2) A firearm YOU can deploy comfortably & quickly.
(3) A carry method that allows immediate access to the firearm or spray.
(4) Bear spray is a good accessory,, but shouldn't be your only defense.
(5) Proper ammo choice.
(6) Lastly, & most importantly, try & NOT put yourself in a position to allow a bear to want to charge you.
