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Never met anyone who carried a 1911 with the safety off. Don’t want to.

Revolvers have a DA trigger pull in the range of 12 lbs. Many of the striker fired handguns have trigger pulls around 5 lbs. I have a Shield like that. Thinking of trading it in at the next gun show for a 686+ with 4” barrel. Not light, but 7 rounds of controllable full power 357 is nothing to sneeze at.

FBI shootout: what they really were not prepared for was someone shot to pieces who kept on fighting. He was fatally injured with one of the early rounds, but he kept fighting and shooting. You can shoot someone in the heart with a 44 magnum. If they want to fight, they have 10-30 seconds of residual blood pressure to the brain to keep shooting. Shooting someone does not make them stop shooting, unless you hit the CNS.

Even more so with a grizzly, and the CNS of a grizzly would be a very tough shot - particularly if he is charging. A friend who worked in Alaska brown bear territory was required to carry a 375 H&H Magnum. The RIFLE was carried waist level at all times. They figured you wouldn’t have time to get it off your back. He sometimes came across half-eaten salmon with the blood still squirting, and he had no idea where the bear had gone...