I’d like to hear your opinions on the 357 load you would use for black bear defense. The gun is a 4” Ruger GP100, if that matters.
I'd buy some 180 hard cast from Buffalo Bore and get some 180 coated from Missouri Bullet for practice. Both shoots well in my Smith 66 4" . I don't feed it those as a steady diet, but it behaves nicely when I do. Hold tight. You don't need expansion with a bear, you need penetration. That's why the hardcast are prescribed.
Great news on the 629. One I'd enjoy having, too.
