Posted on 07/13/2024 4:23:59 AM PDT by marktwain
Here are all the cases which have been documented where 10mm, .41 Magnum, .45 Super caliber handguns were fired in defense against bears. This grouping includes the three calibers to provide enough incidents to be illuminating. These cases do not include incidents where handguns were use with other lethal means, or a mix of handgun calibers were used. There are 7 incidents with a 10mm caliber handgun (1 black bear, 6 brown), 4 incidents with .41 Magnum revolvers (1 black, 3 brown), and 1 incident with a .45 super handgun (brown bear). All were successful. The incidents are listed by caliber, chronologically within caliber.
A problem bear was becoming much too familiar with people and property at the lodge on a lake. Several cabins had been broken into and ransacked for food on the other side of the lake. Professional guide Jake Jefferson had his 10mm built by his brother on a six inch longside 1911 frame, with an eight shot magazine.
He attempted to haze the bear away from the lodge, and fired six shots near the bear, which indifferently moved a little way away. It came back quickly and tore up a bunch of empty coolers.
Jake looked for another firearm, but did not find any close to hand.
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Get back to us after you have encountered a bear in the woods. 😏
MARK Is Not lost in the Woods.
Ruger GP 100 with Hard Cast bullets!
Six Shots with great accuracy with a couple speed loaders that give you a bit of confidence. Mines a 6” zeroed at
25 yard and 60yards is good for paper plate hits. Practice with .38 +P alot and
Then check yer Zero with costly .357 mag
Hardcast. Mine goes 2 MOA LEFT and Down.
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That’s all I know
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,,,
Did it creep up on ya
Or kinda happen real quick like?
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Asking for a FRiend.
Discussion about pistol calibers for bear defense is a legitimate topic that shouldn't be sabotaged by someone who should just move on to the next topic. You just skipping the topic is a lot more practical than you sabotaging the topic and expecting people to skip your responses. (If it is any consolation to you, I look at your comments, shake my head, and ignore them because that is what they warrant. At least, until now, I have skipped comment on them.)
First on the list, BEARS will kill you. This is the best killin bears thread yet. Dan Wesson .41mag is a smooth very powerful shooter.
If I hadnt have been such a wimp in High school, my Dad loves Dan Wesson stuff hence my obsession with it, I would own the .41 mag my dad owned instead of the .357 mag. But it turned into the pistol pack, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
What an utterly vapid and Sophomoric remark, one that I won’t dignify.
Slug.
https://www.sigsauer.com/p220-legion-10mm.html
they were lucky the did not encounter armed bears
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