Originally Posted by ruraldoc
Originally Posted by justin10mm
Originally Posted by coyotewacker
A handgun is OK to fire warning shots....357 for grizzly defense is border line stupid....a Remington 760 in 30-06 and 220 gr bullets is smart having the barrel cut down to 16" would be better....

.357mag now is not bad with the loads available. 1970's .357 ammunition though is indeed pretty stupid. I'm not aware of heavy hardcast loads being widely commercially available back then.

I have never used it for bear defense but I can tell you that the 145 grain Winchester Silver Tip,which has been around a long time will exit on large wild boar going through the gristle plate on both sides.


I tested the 145 grain Silver Tip in 357 mag in 2008 and it was a dogged as far as penetration was concerned

They most not be consistent


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