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Craig is right. Knowing your gun and having it on you is probably the most important thing in any case. I recently read a horror story on another forum where a gentleman and his friend found themselves being attacked by a grizzly bear after killing a moose. I can't retell it quite right, so I'll just leave the link to the post here: https://thegreatwhitehunter.wordpress.com/the-longest-minute-terrifying-bear-attack/

Anyways these days I feel the whole "bear gun" debate is pretty played out. I think that probably every cartridge above a stout 10mm will do a more or less decent job on a bear provided proper shot placement. I've never understood guns like the big X-Frame S&Ws being marketed as "bear defense" guns. I'm thinking this was mostly a measure to make justifying a purchase of one to your wife seem a little bit more reasonable, as is the case with a lot of niche guns these days. It's hard to tell whether a bear that kept going after 6 rounds of .44 Magnum would have stopped after 10 rounds of 10mm and vice versa. Even worse when it turns into an emotional debate of "my gun better than your gun".




To me this video always seemed like it kinda missed the point. You have all these guys trying for the gun to go bang 5 times with less of an emphasis on actually hitting the target. Especially the last two were pretty bad offenders with Mr Draper doing the best out of all of them.

You might also want to take this post with a grain of salt as the only "bear" I've encountered in the wild was a raccoon (which we call wash-bear here) I did kill a boar with my .454 Casull at ~15ft last year, though, but that's another story.

Depends.

Bob Munden wasnt always the most likeable guy, but sans any real heavy recoil, history is full of guys that made SA guns operate faster than more mechanical arms, with accuracy.

Practice seems to me is what drives success, above all else.

Ok,,,,, I'll add my 2-cents worth,,,,,, my Granddad bought me a SA Ruger .22 BearCat in 1963, I was 13, he "Filed" the front sight off, and showed me how to aim and fire, just as you would "Point" your finger at something, or someone,,,,,, and thats how I learned to shoot a Hand-Gun,,,,,, Fast forward to the future, I've had multiple flavors of Hand-Guns over the yrs, and what it came down to,,,, for me anyway, was that I didn't leave it at the house, or in the Truck or in Camp,,,,, it needs to be part of you, and on your "Person" without even thinking about it,,,,, so, whether it's a SA or a DA,,,, it's what your comfortable/familiar with, and able to make that 1st shot count,,,,, so since about 2002, I've been packin a S&W 329PD .44Mag, albeit a Highly Modified Version,,,,,,, and that my Friends, is my Story, and I'm sticking to it......
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School of the hit what you aim at with whatever you're carrying.