This forum reminds me of something an oldtimer told me when I was about 18. I was in Cy's gun shop in Kodiak city. I asked the guy behind the counter if he trusted a .357 for bear defense. He said "Well, if you buy a .357 you need to grind off the front sight" I asked "why, why would I need to do that?" He said "so when one of these big Kodiak brownies gets ahold of it, it wont hurt when he shoves it up your a**." LOL