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nah,
One of they guys at work is headed to Alaska for fishing, and I offered to loan him my 686+. The "experts" here in WA state told him he "needed" to buy a 44 mag or bigger.
Just did a search after PMing Phil for his choice of handguns, and found this.
Thought it was time to kick the can again.... 686 would be a good choice with a heavy cast boolit.
Its all right to be white!!
Stupidity left unattended will run rampant
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Campfire Ranger
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I have handloads of 180 grain WFNGC, and buffalo bore makes factory ammo in the same.
Easy choice for me. Not so much for the "experts."
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John Stark.
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Campfire Regular
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What a great thread! These are the reasons I love the 'fire. I don't care what hunting oddity you name, someone here has first-hand (many times LOTS of it!) experience. I don't know if I'll ever even get to the big bear country, but thanks to this and other threads like it, I almost feel like I have experience before I get there! ...almost!
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Campfire Tracker
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I feel that the really big bores are great hunting/paper revolvers. SA or DA. For bear defense, I feel that multiple shots will be needed. That is why I would go with a small, easy to go to, SS DA revolver in .41mag stoked with Federal 250gr Cast Cores.
FWIW, not many bears in KS.
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Campfire Ranger
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Me shoot a bear? Nope, but I do have a S&W 629 classic with the 5" heavy barrel, and it is tolerable with full power loads, and fairly controllable in double action. It's not bad to carry, either. I'm thinking it might be a very good balance between power, speed, size, and accuracy.
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