Treo
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Black bears aren't that much of a threat.
Grizzly? 155 mm howitzer. Shell H.E., fuze quick, charge 7 white bag oughta hook ya right up.
Grizzly? 155 mm howitzer. Shell H.E., fuze quick, charge 7 white bag oughta hook ya right up.
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frogomatic
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When I go into bear country, even black bear country, I break out the hard hitters. My long gun is in 375 Dakota, and my sidearm in 454 Casull. If there are bears about, I'm going to be certain I've got MORE than enough firepower to keep me alive.
On a side note, I've never had an encounter with a bear that I didn't intend to have. Situational awareness goes a very long way.
On a side note, I've never had an encounter with a bear that I didn't intend to have. Situational awareness goes a very long way.
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This is a noble idea. Unfortunately the ever-helpful government professionals in my area do one of two things:
The first: they ask you "do you have a gun...yes...oh good shoot it yourself"
Or
The second option: "no gun eh... we'll be out in two or three weeks"
I kid you not I have personally experienced the first and have heard of the second happening many times. Then the neighbors have to shoot it. Either that or the local police a forced to shoot the bear with too small buckshot.
But if a person is moving into bear country with no intent to hunt bear buy a 12ga and some slugs or 000 buck.
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someone else reads those toosorry off topic
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If the event you're anticipating is shooting in self-defense you are best off with a rifle that you can (and will) shoot multiple times without lifting your face from the stock. For most people that means a semi-auto or a pump gun. This is much more important than having extra power.
The reason this is important is because the moment you lift your face from the stock you'll start missing and shots that miss don't do any good.
A .243 that you score multiple hits with fast is 100 times more effective than a .45/70 that you score multiple misses with slowly.
One of the old Ruger .44 Carbines would be fine - very handy, easy to use and sufficient power.
The Remington semi-auto and pump rifles come in some good calibers too.
Personally I would choose the .243 simply for ease of control during rapid fire because the ONE requirement you must meet is to score a hit or hits.
Of course lever-guns can be fired fairly rapidly without lifting one's face from the stock - BUT - that takes practice, especially to be reliable under stress and most people are not skilled at it and have the natural tendancy to take the lever gun away from their shoulder to operate the action between shots.
The reason this is important is because the moment you lift your face from the stock you'll start missing and shots that miss don't do any good.
A .243 that you score multiple hits with fast is 100 times more effective than a .45/70 that you score multiple misses with slowly.
One of the old Ruger .44 Carbines would be fine - very handy, easy to use and sufficient power.
The Remington semi-auto and pump rifles come in some good calibers too.
Personally I would choose the .243 simply for ease of control during rapid fire because the ONE requirement you must meet is to score a hit or hits.
Of course lever-guns can be fired fairly rapidly without lifting one's face from the stock - BUT - that takes practice, especially to be reliable under stress and most people are not skilled at it and have the natural tendancy to take the lever gun away from their shoulder to operate the action between shots.
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Rifle- .444 or .45-70
Pistol- 44 mag
Pistol- 44 mag
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RPG or 20mm solothurn/Lahti. Any less makes me nervous.
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