Semi Auto Bear Defense!!! Whoda Thunk!!!
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Both penetrated the skull analog with some through and through!!! No doubt that there's No Replacement for Displacement
Yes but you cannot count on a head shot in such a scenario. Body shots are far more likely
^^^ AGREE
It comes back to, you can kill a large predator with. .22 lr. But your odds improve as you go up in caliber.
Pick the most powerful round "you" can handle well and say your prayers regularly. Because even the most powerful handgun might kill the predator a mortality wounded critter might kill you before it succumbs.
Pick the most powerful round "you" can handle well and say your prayers regularly. Because even the most powerful handgun might kill the predator a mortality wounded critter might kill you before it succumbs.
They both penetrated over 60" in gell as well. It's a little long but worth the watch. They really put them through their paces and evaluate at every stage.
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The Sirius Dogsled Patrol uses G20s for defense against polar bears=largest terrestrial predator!
They are also issued 1917 Enfields (better in arctic conditions than semi or automatic firearms). I wonder just how many bears have been shot and killed with the glock as opposed to the Enfield.
buckeyeshooter
Blackhawk
Not this guy, give me a shotgun with black magic slugs. If I have to use a handgun, I will choose my .500 SW.
The rounds in question are Buffalo Bore+P's.
Other than getting real lucky, getting a head shot on a 800 lb Grizzly coming at you fast is going to be near to impossible until it is way too late. The only time I've ever seen a Grizzly was one that was stuffed in the entrance of a local bar restaurant for a while. This one was standing on its hind legs up right and was somewhere between 10 and 12ft tall. Slightly a bit more than the black bears we have just up in the hills from me.
Hankus
Blackhawk
Maybe a Wildey in .45 Win Mag?? I saw one "in the wild" at a gun show last weekend but it wasn't for sale … 
RC44Mag
Buckeye
It's been done many times before and with success pretty often. Not everyone carries a thumper rifle or slug gun when they enter griz country although that's optimal of course but in real life even very experienced woodsmen don't take a rifle every time or are caught of guard out there. I'd rather have my 686 loaded with BB 180's then swinging a spinning rod at a big bruin. A Glock 20 will be upcoming.
I would poke out their eye with my tactical pen, bite their ear, and speak harshly to them...
....or maybe not,
It's just that I spend about half the year in bear country. However they're all black bears. No crankier grizzlies, browns. or polars. The thing about black bears is that most of the time, most of them have a bad case of "Don't give a s**t". See them in the woods all the time. They look back, and as long as you aren't in their personal zone they just keep walking. Want them to walk faster? Wave your hands in the air and yell. They are pretty shy. No gun work needed. The only exceptions MIGHT be getting too close to mama's cubs, or males looking to get some...
Now, I know there are folks here who have had to strangle a grizzly with their bare hands, and are laughing at me,
but I am just relating personal experience. Who knows? Maybe they just find me charming......
....or maybe not,
It's just that I spend about half the year in bear country. However they're all black bears. No crankier grizzlies, browns. or polars. The thing about black bears is that most of the time, most of them have a bad case of "Don't give a s**t". See them in the woods all the time. They look back, and as long as you aren't in their personal zone they just keep walking. Want them to walk faster? Wave your hands in the air and yell. They are pretty shy. No gun work needed. The only exceptions MIGHT be getting too close to mama's cubs, or males looking to get some...
Now, I know there are folks here who have had to strangle a grizzly with their bare hands, and are laughing at me,
but I am just relating personal experience. Who knows? Maybe they just find me charming......
