To: Bear_Slayer
If I was headed out to bear country for the purpose of hunting them, I would prefer to have a 450 Marlin lever action rifle with 405 gr or better ammo on hand. The S&W 500ES would be carried as a "backup". I have a T/C Encore with the 500 S&W barrel. I'm pretty confident that it would have sufficient knock down capacity, but the prospect of having to reload a single shot rifle with a wounded bear headed your direction isn't particularly pleasant.
12 posted on
11/08/2007 9:48:22 PM PST by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
I'm thinking Rem 870 with staggered loads, ie 00 buck, slug, 00 buck, &etc.
In my thigh holster would be the Ruger Alaskan in .44 mag loaded with 300 gr JHP.
Lastly, a single shot .357 to put me out of my misery if the above two did not work.
15 posted on
11/09/2007 2:04:41 AM PST by
Bear_Slayer
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To: Myrddin
If I was headed out to bear country for the purpose of hunting them,Nothing wrong with big bore lever guns for protection, but 338WM or 375HH in a decent bolt gun would be a superior choice for hunting as both shoot flatter and retain a lot more energy past 100yd if you need to shoot that far..
I do like that stainless Marlin GG in 45-70 though.
25 posted on
11/11/2007 4:40:05 PM PST by
xsrdx
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