gearchecker
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Any grizzley or kodiak can survive the .500 if it isn't a perfect skull or heart hit.
I've never been to Alaska and never seen a Kodiak. But there are Grizzlies up here where I live. I've seen many from a distance, and I don't desire to see any up close.
I'm much more worried about the cougars, and that's mostly why I carry the .357.
No matter what you have to shoot it with you had better be able to manage it for more than 1 shot. So with that in mind the .460 is the gun for you.
Like Girodin said before, it seems that you want a new gun more than the post suggests.
I didn't catch where you are going to run into these bears. I can't find "under here" on my map.
UP here in the great american north I carry a .44 like you, but I also have my .357 hot loaded 125 gr. supersonic skull buster ammo. I carry the .44 in a shoulder holster and a belt holster for the .357. My wife carries the 3rd .357 revolver.
My plan is to make one hell of a lot of noise, hope the bear retreats, and I walk away intact.
If not, there will be one very bloody rug on the trail shortly there after. It will be listed in the obituaries as dying from a sudden case of lead poisoning.
I tried a .454 Casull 4" but it was unruly.
I don't plan to impress the bear with my choice of weapons.
I plan to impress it with about 540 grains of lead if I need to.
I've never been to Alaska and never seen a Kodiak. But there are Grizzlies up here where I live. I've seen many from a distance, and I don't desire to see any up close.
I'm much more worried about the cougars, and that's mostly why I carry the .357.
No matter what you have to shoot it with you had better be able to manage it for more than 1 shot. So with that in mind the .460 is the gun for you.
Like Girodin said before, it seems that you want a new gun more than the post suggests.
I didn't catch where you are going to run into these bears. I can't find "under here" on my map.
UP here in the great american north I carry a .44 like you, but I also have my .357 hot loaded 125 gr. supersonic skull buster ammo. I carry the .44 in a shoulder holster and a belt holster for the .357. My wife carries the 3rd .357 revolver.
My plan is to make one hell of a lot of noise, hope the bear retreats, and I walk away intact.
If not, there will be one very bloody rug on the trail shortly there after. It will be listed in the obituaries as dying from a sudden case of lead poisoning.
I tried a .454 Casull 4" but it was unruly.
I don't plan to impress the bear with my choice of weapons.
I plan to impress it with about 540 grains of lead if I need to.