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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1650549" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>Big bears...who really gets to hunt them anyway? But apparently, every now and again, one decides to hunt people, so I don't think dorking around in the woods of Alaska with a .243 Win makes much sense. But for every guy that says ".300 Mag is the MINIMUM!" there is another guy saying ".338 Win Mag is the MINIMUM!" (or Lapua), to which the next guy says ".375 H&H is the MINIMUM" to which another guy will say, "Nothing less than a caliber that begins with '4' is the MINIMUM".</p><p></p><p>I say this because I saw it happen in the thread about the guy going sheep hunting in Montana and wanting to get a nice, light 6.5 something or 'nother for his hunt, but he was concerned about coming across a big bear. Before that thread was over, there were people pushing him to carry a .375 H&H...for his sheep hunt, in the OFF chance he SAW a bear. <SIGH> What can you say? The guy that recommends the .50 BMG 'wins' because there is no doubt IT will work, even if you hit the bear in it's pinky toe (apparently) and there isn't anything bigger, so you can't go wrong.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone remember the dude saving his life from a big bear with a 9mm shooting hot loaded SWCs? Not that I'm advocating for the 9mm as your 'perfect' defense load for big bears, but if THAT caliber was able to do it, I'm pretty sure a 200 grain Partition from a .30-06 won't make Mr. Bruin just say 'ouch' and come kill ya. I could be wrong. We all figure out our risk tolerance level and work from there. (And further research shows FOUR people successfully used a 9mm to protect themselves!)</p><p></p><p>Just to give folks that are interested something to consider, here are 37 instances when a handgun was used in self-defense against bears (see URL below.) 36 times they were successful. Only one time did the handgun fail to stop the attack. Reading all that makes me feel better and better about the OP carrying that 'old' .30-06 Springfield being able to do the deed...(especially if he carried a Glock or XD 10mm holding 15 rounds of 200gr SWC as a plan B):</p><p><a href="https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/defense-against-bears-with-pistols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/#axzz5qPjqhfal" target="_blank">https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/defense-against-bears-with-pistols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/#axzz5qPjqhfal</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1650549, member: 9308"] Big bears...who really gets to hunt them anyway? But apparently, every now and again, one decides to hunt people, so I don't think dorking around in the woods of Alaska with a .243 Win makes much sense. But for every guy that says ".300 Mag is the MINIMUM!" there is another guy saying ".338 Win Mag is the MINIMUM!" (or Lapua), to which the next guy says ".375 H&H is the MINIMUM" to which another guy will say, "Nothing less than a caliber that begins with '4' is the MINIMUM". I say this because I saw it happen in the thread about the guy going sheep hunting in Montana and wanting to get a nice, light 6.5 something or 'nother for his hunt, but he was concerned about coming across a big bear. Before that thread was over, there were people pushing him to carry a .375 H&H...for his sheep hunt, in the OFF chance he SAW a bear. <SIGH> What can you say? The guy that recommends the .50 BMG 'wins' because there is no doubt IT will work, even if you hit the bear in it's pinky toe (apparently) and there isn't anything bigger, so you can't go wrong. Does anyone remember the dude saving his life from a big bear with a 9mm shooting hot loaded SWCs? Not that I'm advocating for the 9mm as your 'perfect' defense load for big bears, but if THAT caliber was able to do it, I'm pretty sure a 200 grain Partition from a .30-06 won't make Mr. Bruin just say 'ouch' and come kill ya. I could be wrong. We all figure out our risk tolerance level and work from there. (And further research shows FOUR people successfully used a 9mm to protect themselves!) Just to give folks that are interested something to consider, here are 37 instances when a handgun was used in self-defense against bears (see URL below.) 36 times they were successful. Only one time did the handgun fail to stop the attack. Reading all that makes me feel better and better about the OP carrying that 'old' .30-06 Springfield being able to do the deed...(especially if he carried a Glock or XD 10mm holding 15 rounds of 200gr SWC as a plan B): [URL]https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/defense-against-bears-with-pistols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/#axzz5qPjqhfal[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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