[OKSooner]

For we who don't live in bear country this is kinda an interesting academic situation. It's instructive that some of these guys have discovered that the 9mm is effective against grizzlies - probably loaded with +P+ hardcast for maximum penetration, but there it is.

So who figured that out, to begin with? :)

Next we'll be hearing of a successful bear defense using the BB .38special +P "Outdoorsman" load, I believe that's what it's called, with the hardcast bullet.

[marktwain]

Next we'll be hearing of a successful bear defense using the BB .38special +P "Outdoorsman" load, I believe that's what it's called, with the hardcast bullet.

Two documented cases where the .38 Special was successfully used against grizzly bears.

Alaska, 1947.

October 1947 Chickaloon River, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, grizzly bear .38 revolver, 158 gr bullet. Page 95-105, “Narrow Escapes”, Ben East, first published by Outdoor Life, 1960.

Wyoming, 2011.