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I wouldn't take my chances with a .45
Since there are brown bear in that region, while highly unlikely, is the g21, and more particularly the .45 a good response to bear aggression?
I probably wouldn't either, but a 45 would likely have achieved the same result.
Why do I keep seeing this thread title and reading it as "What's a good caliber for BEER"!
fisherman guides in Alaska mostly carry .44 mag revolvers...
BobKatt - were those custom loads you were using in the .45, or something you found in a shop? The hard cast and overcharged sounds interesting but not something for someone completely novice at reloading to get into.
The Smith 329PD is a good compromise between weight and power, at 28ozs unloaded. I want one to go with my 360PD.
. . . Truly, that 800 pound Grizzly is for the most part, a lot more afraid of you than you are of it. If you let it know you're coming, absent cubs or waking it out of hibernation, it will run away when it knows you are coming. . . .
Brown ear. Please define.
Are you meaning Grizzlies? If so, .44 Mag +p+ or SW .500 for a handgun. And figure multiple rounds. These are 800 pound aggressive animals for God's Sakes, not a deer.
For the most part in bear country out west, where I've done a LOT of backpacking, all you need is some kind of audible warning device, like a cowbell. Truly, that 800 pound Grizzly is for the most part, a lot more afraid of you than you are of it. If you let it know you're coming, absent cubs or waking it out of hibernation, it will run away when it knows you are coming.
By all means have the means of defense at your disposal as Grizzlies can be very unpredictable. But I woudn't lose a lot of sleep over it.
-Bill
A freakin' 12 gauge,what you think?
This. I spent a couple weeks in Alaska years ago. Every Guide I saw including an EPO, (Pretty sure a State Trooper) had a 12 gauge......
Mauldin said he woke in the middle of the night to the sound of his wife screaming and two dogs barking.
"When I got out of bed, [my wife] started screaming, ‘there is a bear in the house.’" Mauldin said. "So, I grabbed a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun."
Mauldin said he fired nine shots.
“I shot it, and then it charged me, and I kept shooting at it," he said. "It backed up and changed directions, busting through our banister railing and landing on the stairs and then it slid down and wound up in a pile at the bottom of the stairs.”
It took ten years, but the question has finally been answered; .40 S&W for the win!
Just make sure you have a mag that holds more than nine rounds.
Steamboat Springs man fatally shoots bear that broke into home
The homeowner shot the 400-pound bear multiple times after he found it rummaging through some dog food.www.9news.com
It took ten years, but the question has finally been answered; .40 S&W for the win!
Just make sure you have a mag that holds more than nine rounds.
Steamboat Springs man fatally shoots bear that broke into home
The homeowner shot the 400-pound bear multiple times after he found it rummaging through some dog food.www.9news.com