Gentleman STOP the music please! BEAR? Lets back up just a bit shall we, now when you speak of bears in the woods or your concerned about a possible bear attack, you better start with the 44mag and go upward in a hand gun. I maybe a little light on handgun knowledge but bears are something I do have knowledge, more so the than your average hunter on the internet.
I leave the 44 model 29 home nowdays when traveling up to places like Montana and Wyoming, where the bears are surely plentiful. My packing tool in bear country as far as a pistol goes, is a Smith & Wesson in the .460 caliber. A charging 350 lb grizzly looks like a MACK truck barreling down on you and trying to hit that bobbing target is not a piece of cake by any means. So you better practice like no tomorrow with your pistol when it comes to bears in the wild. I would much rather have my .338 mag Browning rifle when it comes to bears!!!
Now let us all get back on the topic of the 10MM CALIBER PLEASE!
Last edited by Tonk; 06/08/09.
