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Reality check! Shooting a large, enraged bear of the brown and humpbacked variety with a handgun will get your whole day ruined.
The problem ain't in killin' the bear so much as makin' him understand that
he's been killed in time to keep him from rippin' your arms off. In the
5 minutes or so that it takes him to die, he can do a helluva lot to
make you wish that you'd stayed home. I watched an animal control officer
tag a 120-pound Rott about 10 times with .40 Hydra-Shok, and he still
got bit. Now, think of a 750 or 800 pound Grizzer B'ar. Save the last
round in the magazine for yourself.
In big bear country, carry a rifle. If you can't carry one, stay home.
Beats bein' fed through a tube for 20 years or so.
In handguns for self defence, I'm a believer in the bigger is better route. This brute may actually be a good SD round. However, when it comes to big dangerous game, I carry a .454 Casull which is only intended as a backup to a large and high powered rifle.
.505 Gibbs is one of the famous old African Safari cartridges... Steinbeck writes about it... Has nothing to do with Fragging gibs, but it would sure cause some at close range on a human.
.50 GI. Assuming solid bullets in both, a 230gr .45 ACP is the heaviest factory .45 ammo you are going to get, vs. a 300gr .50 GI. Energy and power factor are about the same between the two calibers, but the 300gr .50 has a higher sectional density than the 230gr .45, and so will (all else being equal) penetrate deeper, and will of course make a bigger hole.
Note that you shouldn't use either, especially since you can't even get a .50 GI gun or ammo yet.
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