Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska Your carry Handgun in AK 44 Mag, 10mm, .454 Casull?

On my fairly frequent visits to AK to hunt/fish, etc., a Ruger SBH 44mag 3.5" bbl, and a Ruger Alaskan 44 mag all with Garrett Hammerheads (310g to 330g). Last trip I wore a Ruger Bisley BH 45 Colt with 330g hard cast hand loads at 1,100 fps, and my son wore a custom Ruger 475 Linebaugh 7.5" bbl with 400g Hornady XTP's at 1,250 fps.

MY son shot an honest 7', 2" black bear (hunting not SD) square in the chest with that 475 Linebaugh at about 20 feet and the bullet made it all the way to his hind quarter about 3" from his A-hole� and a hollow point no less� bear was DRT, but still managed to turn and make it about 20 yds into the brush before piling up� a blind man could have tracked that bear. It looked like a scene from a Freddy Krueger movie!