My retirement home and property are in the north woods of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. As a kid I used to play all day in those woods and there was nothing there that could threaten me. Now there are Cougars and Black Bear up there and I saw both the last time I was up there while I was out on my range shooting.
Don’t laugh but I just bought a 10mm pistol to replace my Smith Model 29 (44 Mag revolver) and will be purchasing the new Hi-Point 10mm Carbine and will carry both whenever I am out on my property or anywhere else in the woods.
I wrote “don’t laugh” because of the Hi-Point, but it has a great price point and so far the write ups are good. I won a Hi-Point 40 S&W Carbine in a raffle last year and it has been very reliable so I will try the 10mm version.
There are other 10mm Carbines on the market but they are selling for more than I want to spend.
I won’t laugh.
Better to have a Hi-Point and need it than to NOT have anything in the same situation.
I once had a gun-shop guy give me the “holier than though” sigh and look at a Taurus I was buying. Up his.