I’d be interested about their effectiveness against wolf pack attacks.
I’d bet it isn’t so good. Gonna happen.
Attacks by wolf packs are far less common than bear attacks.
What I am seeing is when one wolf is shot, the pack stops attacking. Not what Valerius Geist expected, but it is what I see. I recall four cases, two in Wisconsin, and one in Washington State, one in Oregon. In all four, wolves were acting very aggressively. Then one wolf was shot, and the rest backed off.
Even with the Russian wolf attacks, the wolves seem careful in their choice of victims. Most of the victims of wolf attacks are children and women.
Wolves are far easier to kill.
Being pack animals after seeing a couple of their number are killed.
The rest will run off if not they well be killed also.
I was stalked by a cougar last week in an area with wolf packs on each of the mountains around me. In addition to the 6 rounds in my deer rifle, I carry a 9mm with 46 rounds in three easily accessed mags.
If the wolves surround me, I think I can take out about half of them. That ought to break off the attack.
I hope.