To: carriage_hill
A friend hunts elk and mule deer in western Wyoming and Montana
Besides his rifle, he carries a 10mm pistol for bears. I have never shot a bear, so I don’t even know if that would be effective.
26 posted on
04/19/2021 11:38:44 AM PDT by
PGR88
To: PGR88
Depends on where you shoot the bear.
I like to shoot them in Seattle.
32 posted on
04/19/2021 11:47:22 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: PGR88
More important than caliber is using the correct bullet. Use solid hardcast style bullets. No hollowpoints which will flatten, not penetrate deeply enough. As far caliber goes 44mag or better for pistols is good. But rifles are far better. There are any number of bear loads available for 45-70, 444 Marlin etc.
An M2 mounted on the bad of a pickup truck is probably best, though, for Grizz.
It's best to be fully prepared.
37 posted on
04/19/2021 11:53:09 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
(The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: PGR88
10mm is a good bear gun, if you see it in time, and can get off a few well-placed shots.
56 posted on
04/19/2021 12:22:22 PM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
To: PGR88
A lady that I worked for moved to black bear country in Colorado. Her family likes to hike but never owned any guns and wanted a recommendation. Suggested a handgun whose caliber had a 4 in it.
79 posted on
04/19/2021 4:13:41 PM PDT by
Mean Daddy
(Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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