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It still makes no sense to me. If a good size bear is coming after me, why wouldn’t thirteen rapidly fired .45 ACP rounds at least give the bear pause? Or at least slow it down for a reload of the NEXT thirteen. Wash, rinse, repeat until out of ammo. I’d think that if at least half of the bullets hit on target.....I’m not wanting to start an argument here. I’m just saying: It makes no sense to me.

It's pretty simple, I think. Bears run very fast. And if they're running very fast straight at you you'll be lucky to get off even one shot, much less twenty-six. And then there's the question of hitting him. And then, if it's a grizzly, there's the question of whether or not hitting him makes any difference at all before you're dinner.

62 posted on 08/29/2011 4:01:51 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.')

Yeah, I figure that into it.
However, from the animal’s prospective, the loudest thing they usually hear is thunder.
Thunder, accompanied with painful impacts, energy transfer...
Considering these are animals, I would think that instinct would cause them to think twice?
I dunno. Just wondering out loud.
Speculating about this is safer, I guess.
Wouldn’t want to test these thoughts at all.