No gun is big enough when ite in the pack, i will gladly carry my 40 small and weak with undersood extreme penetrating rounds for bears, 14 rounds that i can shoot well beats 4-6 of 44 on target.
There’s a local guy that had to put the muzzle of his Glock .40 to a black bear’s head when it chomped on his thigh. He said everything was a little bit of a blur, but distinctly remembered smoke coming out of the little hole in the bear’s head.
Yep, all that Glock will do is piss the grizzly off. You have to understand that a bullet can penetrate as deeply as it can to no avail. UNless it hits brain or heart, the bear blubber seals the wound and Mr. Grizzly will keep right on a coming.
A .40 will bounce right off a grizzly skull from the front.