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Grizz and the .300 RUM
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 65052" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Wait a minute! I already own the bridge. He shouldn't have been selling it again.</p><p></p><p>What parts of the story are true are hard to tell. With the Grizz expanding back into a lot of its former range and me being able to see retirement in the next couple of years I became intersted in what type of gun you would need to backpack with in grizz country. Being one of the poorest handgun shots either east or west of the Mississippi R, I was hopeing to get away with using some small caliber like a 9mm and just shoot a bear several times. As the picture of the camper indicates -several rounds from a 38 ain't enough. If you carefully sort out the incidents of bears and handguns a general picture emerges where the 44 mag with FMJ or hard cast lead is minimum needed for reliaible one shot performance in the hands of a reasonable handgun shooter (that leaves me out).</p><p></p><p>The websites that claim no one has ever been killed by a bear use the "ostritch" technique for research. There are a couple of deaths per year and many more maulings that involve head wounds (nasty bears bite you on the head). If they would grab you by the foot then you could get your gun out and shoot them while they where chowing down on your toes (even a bad shot like me could score at that range).</p><p></p><p>Second part of the story that was interesting was that the bear was killed by multiple shots from a 7mm Rem Mag using deer rounds from a semi auto. (Remember grizz already had three 38 rounds in him). If I was planning on doing it that way I would weld a bayonet stud on the end of the barrel and attach one because Murphy will show up sooner or later and a bear will get to you.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to be selling that bridge soon and some waterfront property in Fla to finance my retirement, you interested?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 65052, member: 8"] Wait a minute! I already own the bridge. He shouldn't have been selling it again. What parts of the story are true are hard to tell. With the Grizz expanding back into a lot of its former range and me being able to see retirement in the next couple of years I became intersted in what type of gun you would need to backpack with in grizz country. Being one of the poorest handgun shots either east or west of the Mississippi R, I was hopeing to get away with using some small caliber like a 9mm and just shoot a bear several times. As the picture of the camper indicates -several rounds from a 38 ain't enough. If you carefully sort out the incidents of bears and handguns a general picture emerges where the 44 mag with FMJ or hard cast lead is minimum needed for reliaible one shot performance in the hands of a reasonable handgun shooter (that leaves me out). The websites that claim no one has ever been killed by a bear use the "ostritch" technique for research. There are a couple of deaths per year and many more maulings that involve head wounds (nasty bears bite you on the head). If they would grab you by the foot then you could get your gun out and shoot them while they where chowing down on your toes (even a bad shot like me could score at that range). Second part of the story that was interesting was that the bear was killed by multiple shots from a 7mm Rem Mag using deer rounds from a semi auto. (Remember grizz already had three 38 rounds in him). If I was planning on doing it that way I would weld a bayonet stud on the end of the barrel and attach one because Murphy will show up sooner or later and a bear will get to you. I'm going to be selling that bridge soon and some waterfront property in Fla to finance my retirement, you interested? [/QUOTE]
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