For up close and personal with a bear and a handgun, either a Contender in 45-70 or a BFR in 45-70. (And cover your butt with your ballistic vest, so the bear don't shove the pistol where the sun won't bleach it.) Then use a 200 grain partition in your 308 and fill the bear full of them.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23)
