[ccmay]

They never left for work without TWO .44 magnum revolvers.

I have heard, don't know if it's true, that there is no confirmed record of a grizzly bear charge successfully being stopped with any handgun, ever.

The guides in Alaska always recommend you file down the front sight of your revolver, so it doesn't hurt quite so much when the grizz shoves it up your a$$.

[rickb308]

This guy definitely used a rifle.

[Disambiguator]

I have heard, don't know if it's true, that there is no confirmed record of a grizzly bear charge successfully being stopped with any handgun, ever.

Go here and click on the dropdown for "Bear Encounter."

[kwikrnu]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/05/31/2010-05-31_hiker_shoots_kills_grizzly_bear_with_handgun_in_alaskas_denali_national_park.html

[marktwain]

“I have heard, don't know if it's true, that there is no confirmed record of a grizzly bear charge successfully being stopped with any handgun, ever.”

Simply and completely false. I have posted several stories on freerepublic of charging grizzly bears being stopped with a number of common pistol calibers, including 9mm, .40 Smith and Wesson, and .45 ACP and .44 magnum.

The last was of a couple in Denali park that stopped a charging Grizzly with a .45. Here is the link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2528614/posts

[Talisker]

The guides in Alaska always recommend you file down the front sight of your revolver, so it doesn't hurt quite so much when the grizz shoves it up your a$$.

I've read several times that you can carry whatever you want, but the guides always seem to be carrying shotguns with slugs. Go figure.

[alaskanfan]

Several years ago some G.I.s killed a sow Brown bear on the Russian River with a 9mm, I don’t recall whether she was charging them.

[dagoofyfoot]

The guides in Alaska always recommend you file down the front sight of your revolver, so it doesn't hurt so much when the grizz shoves it up your a$$


damn you! there goes my keyboard, monitor, and mouse. I'll never get the coffee out of the cracks!

[texmexis best]

There have been a number of bear attacks stopped with handguns.

Bear guides, according to my bear hunting friend, frequently carry .45-70 revolvers and they seem to work.

Although the 375 H&H is a great round I personally would feel a lot more confident with .45-70 or greater with heavy loads.

To show you how dangerous this can be, during one of his trips which was 3 weeks long, 5 hunters were killed by bears. Not for the faint of heart.

[hockea]

Here’s one incident:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315683/posts#comment