gamestalker
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I'm soory, but I would have to suggest you find a nice 44 mag.. Practice and shoot with the softer recoiling 44 spl., and then carry magnums for bear defence loads. In terms of firerm weight, there isn't going ot all that much, both are beffy wheel guns.
My primary concern here is that the 44 spcl isn't a real bear stopper, being that it is hard to get enough fps with a 240 gr. bullet. You'll be lucky if you can push a 240 gr. bullet over 1000 fps. I for one would not want to have a 44 spcl. as my chosen defense against a charging bear. You just might make him twice as deadly?
GS
My primary concern here is that the 44 spcl isn't a real bear stopper, being that it is hard to get enough fps with a 240 gr. bullet. You'll be lucky if you can push a 240 gr. bullet over 1000 fps. I for one would not want to have a 44 spcl. as my chosen defense against a charging bear. You just might make him twice as deadly?
GS
