MechaDragon
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- Dec 22, 2021
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Wow, you effectively stopped a bear attack with 9mm? I thought 10mm was the minimum for bear defense.9mm 124 XTP. Around the time I started carrying a sidearm, I did RO duty when the local LE used our range for practice and qualification. That is what they carried in their sidearms. The SWAT used the same round in both their MP5s and sidearms as their basic service round, although they had special purpose rounds for special purposes. It's not an exotic bullet, and it has a long track record as a LE loading, personal defense bullet, and a hunting pedigree. All those things appealed to me. The fact I could precisely duplicate the load inexpensively for practice appealed to me. The fact I could also approximately duplicate the load very cheaply with a TC FMJ, coated, plated or cast REALLY appealed to me.
I've been shooting it now for some 15 years, and did use it effectively on a black bear. It works, it's butt simple, it ain't going away.
Ive only seen one bear on hunting trips with the girlfriend, we were glad he was chill and probably a solid 75 yards away.
Didn't give a damn that we were there. He just wandered off. Im glad there were no cubs around or that could have very well been a very bad day.
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