The .357 is a solid performer against bears. Read the failure and consider what might have been done differently.
1 posted on
07/06/2024 4:11:01 AM PDT by
marktwain
To: marktwain
A co worker I had, was in the USAF at Elmendorf. He said they carried .44 magnums. I don’t know if they ever had to use them.
2 posted on
07/06/2024 4:46:47 AM PDT by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: marktwain
My favorite. You can’t beat the weight/power combination. Keep one on my nightstand. A 6” Smith isn’t much for concealability.
To: marktwain
I suggest all that are able try a Kimber K6S 4”Combat. For me it is very accurate due to comfortable handling.
4 posted on
07/06/2024 5:04:54 AM PDT by
KC Burke
To: marktwain
---Her father’s .357 revolver was in the cab of the pickup.
---cooler with about 80 lbs of meat in it.
---Dad then got his .357 and fired three rounds into the air. He shot another round
---shot his last shot in the air I just...
5 posted on
07/06/2024 5:08:44 AM PDT by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: marktwain
!?Rubber Bullets?! Then I realized that it was a European Country.
I will be packing a 44 Magnum and a 1911 .45ACP both loaded with Home Loaded +P+ and High Grain JHP or better rounds and plenty of spares in Speed Loaders and Extra Magazines ranging from 7 to 15 rounds per should I ever be in a Bear Zone.
7 posted on
07/06/2024 5:16:04 AM PDT by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
To: marktwain
Nice article Dean. Very informative. By me we have mostly 2 legged predators. But if it’ll take down a bear it’ll also take down men with evil intent.
CC
14 posted on
07/06/2024 6:14:33 AM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: marktwain
"Then he fell onto his stomach, dug his face into the dirt and covered his neck."Why did he do this? Did he only have one round? Kinda hard to understand why he didn't fire more rounds...
15 posted on
07/06/2024 6:31:32 AM PDT by
OKSooner
(Oh, the mad fools!)
To: marktwain
Because we all have so many bear encounters.
19 posted on
07/06/2024 6:57:47 AM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
To: marktwain
In Alaska, I used to carry a .44 Mag. I had one occasion to pull it (didn’t fire), and realized then that with the explosion of adrenaline, I wasn’t going to hit a thing. So I bought the shortest legal 12 gauge and alternated slugs and buckshot. Whenever I’m out when bears are out, I have it slung over my shoulder.
I have seen some people carry flare guns.
20 posted on
07/06/2024 7:51:48 AM PDT by
ALASKA
(There has to be a line we do not cross.)
To: marktwain
House guest (a nutcase California "liberal"), upon learning that we have an arsenal in our house:
"Oh...! I think such things are best left to the police."My Wife:
"Out here in the Middle of Nowhere? I don't think so."23 posted on
07/06/2024 8:17:16 AM PDT by
Savage Beast
(Trump defeated the entire Philistine Army using the jawbone of an ass, the ass being Joe Biden.)
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