Sorry I am going to have a 44 magnum or more with a grizzly bear. I plan for worst case. A .243 is not going to stop a charging Grizzly or a Kodiak.
Story of a Field and Stream interview with a forest ranger in Alaska asking about being out in bear country. The ranger said you should always have a pistol with you in case you were attacked by a Grizzly bear.
The next month some old timers from the Yukon wrote back and offered the additional advice that you should first file down the front sight on that pistol. That way it wouldn’t hurt so much when the bear stuffed it up your butt.
I’m with you! 44mag on the belt, and my 458mag as the long gun.
I have no intention of getting et!