DM~
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I HAVE been charged by a big bear...How many shots do you think you are going to get off in a charge situation? I'm betting maybe one, but I've never been charged by a bear, so I'm speculating.
How many shots can you get off, OR how many properly aimed shots can you get off, sure isn't the same thing!
In MY case, I was more worried about the guy standing behind me shooting me in the back, than I was about the bear! He was scared to death BEFORE the bear charged and he was the one that was suppose to shoot that bear in the first place!
Anyway, there was NO way I was going to start shooting until that bear was within 20 yards, as I made my mind up that THAT was my best chance of dropping it...
With one he!! of a roar and popping chaws, the bear charged down hill straight at us, following our scent, not on sight and THAT is what saved "it's" life. It got within about 30 yards of us and the scent must have started swirling around and that made the bear nervous, milling around in a circle with it's nose in the air like a dog trying to pick the scent up again. Finally it started moving away looking back with it's nose in the air, sniffing.
What happened that day, proved to ME, that "by far" a long gun was/is the answer to bear protection, other than when I'm sleeping in my tent/sleeping bag. (and we were) For that I always had my M-29 along side my long gun, by my pillow.
Anyway, to answer your question, I'll say two shots, OR one "properly aimed" shot, as it only takes ONE properly aimed shot to do the job...
DM