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Real Bear Encounters Handgun Vs Bear Spray, Handgun wins!
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1503862" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I am aware of incidents near where I live over the past 50yrs, and also incidents on Kodiak Island, where skilled riflemen were mauled and killed by brown bears while in possession of high powered rifles, let alone pistols and revolvers.</p><p></p><p>I also know of one brown bear mauling where the victim failed to stop the boar with his 30-06 rifle, was seriously mauled, but then successfully deterred the bear with his S&W .44 Mag revolver while his face was being crushed in the bears jaws. He fired into the underside of the bear 4 quick times by feel, shoving muzzle into fur.</p><p></p><p>So the pool of examples cited is certainly far from complete, in some respects. Yet the documented incidents demonstrate that revolvers/pistols are very capable bear defense weapons.</p><p></p><p>Give me a pistol or revolver any day over a can of pepper spray. Give me a high powered rifle any day over a pistol / revolver. And give me a Rem 870 pump shotgun with Brenneke slugs or Tungsten buckshot over a high powered rifle.</p><p></p><p>Hard to top that. Well... maybe a flame thrower, if it was reliable and packable. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1503862, member: 4191"] I am aware of incidents near where I live over the past 50yrs, and also incidents on Kodiak Island, where skilled riflemen were mauled and killed by brown bears while in possession of high powered rifles, let alone pistols and revolvers. I also know of one brown bear mauling where the victim failed to stop the boar with his 30-06 rifle, was seriously mauled, but then successfully deterred the bear with his S&W .44 Mag revolver while his face was being crushed in the bears jaws. He fired into the underside of the bear 4 quick times by feel, shoving muzzle into fur. So the pool of examples cited is certainly far from complete, in some respects. Yet the documented incidents demonstrate that revolvers/pistols are very capable bear defense weapons. Give me a pistol or revolver any day over a can of pepper spray. Give me a high powered rifle any day over a pistol / revolver. And give me a Rem 870 pump shotgun with Brenneke slugs or Tungsten buckshot over a high powered rifle. Hard to top that. Well... maybe a flame thrower, if it was reliable and packable. :) [/QUOTE]
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