I wonder how many Japanese citizens own a 44 mag?
Legal civilian gun ownership basically doesn’t exist in Japan.
I was in Alaska two months ago. That’s what our ATV tour guide was carrying in a nice chest rig, a big stainless .44 mag revolver with a set of reloads.
The funny part was, when the email confirmation for the tour came back, it said the tour included bottled water, trail mix snack, and *bear repellent*. I told my wife I was uninterested in bear repellent that wasn’t a firearm in a caliber starting with a four. This a result of reading all Dean’s articles.
So my son and I show up, there’s Jake the guide equipped as described above, and I immediately approved his bear repellent!
No bears were sighted on our tour. Though we did look for them.
“I wonder how many Japanese citizens own a 44 mag?”
3, and not legally.
Wondering if a .44 Mag would be enough protection? I looked up this Hokkaido brown bear & it is a mighty big critter. I wouldn’t want one after me.
They are illegal in Japan, so maybe the bears don’t have much to fear. I heard a story of a Japanese visiting on business who asked to be taken to the shooting range, because he couldn’t do that in Japan.
44 mag is so 20th century. Today's bear defense handgun is a Glock 20 with Buffalo Bore 220 gr ammo.