If I was in a situation where I could encounter a bear in a bad mood I would want nothing less than a 12 gauge with slugs. The chances of you surviving a bear attack using a 357 Mag carbine are pretty slim. A light 12 gauge pump weighs a pound more? I don't see the slightest reason to use a totally inadequate weapon.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Thomas Jefferson- 1816
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