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So you guys who only carry a rifle please tell me what you will do when you spring a bear at close range and your rifle is knocked from your hands?
What makes people think a pistol can't be knocked from their hands? Or was that scenario never in one of those pulp magazine stories? ![[Linked Image]](https://lh5.ggpht.com/_5XvBYfxU_dM/Sy_8uWb8N6I/AAAAAAAAGXE/ZSdlUxTSMos/True%20Men%20-%201957%20June%2006%20-%20bear%20attack,%20artist%20uncredited-8x6.jpg)
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I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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Here we go.. This helps. I'll carry a pistol from now on while panning for gold. ![[Linked Image]](https://lh3.ggpht.com/_5XvBYfxU_dM/Sy_8y9a4hvI/AAAAAAAAGXk/97O-kdwGEOQ/Adventure%20magazine%20-%201955%2004%20April%20-%20bear%20attack-8x6.jpg)
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[bleep] it! For that piece of high grade azz, I'm carrying a spear!! ![[Linked Image]](https://lh5.ggpht.com/_5XvBYfxU_dM/Sy_857uGCoI/AAAAAAAAGYU/LJeWPPnBtd4/Wildcat%20Adventures%20-%201959%2010%20October%20-%20polar%20bear%20attack-8x6.jpg)
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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"His Head Was A Flaming Torch" Okay, what was that about?
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I've had some hangovers like that.
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You would be too scared to do anything should a bear come running....They are A LOT scarier than a guy in a truck... In that case, why even bother to carry a rifle ... or bear spray?? Just lay down and play dead, until you are dead... just like the two girls in Glacier Park in 1967, when they were mauled and killed by two separate Grizzlies in separate incidents, on the same night. They did as advised by "experts" and "played dead" until they were dead. One of the dead girl's boy friend also "played dead" and was only badly mauled. " Glacier Park, Night Of The Grizzlies," www.montanapbs.org.I'll just continue to depend on my handgun or rifle, and being careful. Works for me.  L.W. The comment is based on the original posters fear of guys in pickup trucks.....
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The comment is based on the original posters fear of guys in pickup trucks.....
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It certainly is not a Grizzly. It is not even a bear. I am, however, glad I was wearing my .44 Vaquero while working on the tractor this afternoon. I also had a rifle and a shotgun in the cab but could never have gotten off a shot if I had not had a revolver. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m579/Simocephalus/IMG_2617Small.jpg) Yep, without that revolver...you woulda been a goner!
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OK so you all have convinced me to leave the handgun at home. What should I carry seeing as how there have been bear tracks and a rub less than 40 feet from my back door. A double rifle in 505 Gibbs?
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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OK so you all have convinced me to leave the handgun at home. What should I carry seeing as how there have been bear tracks and a rub less than 40 feet from my back door. A double rifle in 505 Gibbs? Hey, now you are talking! I think a IWB would work just fine. 
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
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In Texas we never fear bear attacks.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
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It is funny that this subject more or less has appeared on a 1911 forum, Can a Wilson Combat 1911 in .45 Auto be used for bear protection while fly fishing in Alaska? The Wilson factory rep says yes to the Wilson Combat as long as it's their Hunter model in .460 Rowland.
So get a .460 Rowland in a 1911 platform and you are good to go. I did watch some you tube videos on the .460 Rowland and I think it could put down the Thing for keeps.
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
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OK so you all have convinced me to leave the handgun at home. What should I carry seeing as how there have been bear tracks and a rub less than 40 feet from my back door. A double rifle in 505 Gibbs? Hey, now you are talking! I think a IWB would work just fine. It would have to be a stainless with synthetic stock so when I go wading for salmon off the beach it will not rust. I wonder if Milt Sparks will make a IWB holster for it.I already walk with a limp so the barrels hanging below my knee won't be a problem...
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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It is funny that this subject more or less has appeared on a 1911 forum, Can a Wilson Combat 1911 in .45 Auto be used for bear protection while fly fishing in Alaska? The Wilson factory rep says yes to the Wilson Combat as long as it's their Hunter model in .460 Rowland.
So get a .460 Rowland in a 1911 platform and you are good to go. I did watch some you tube videos on the .460 Rowland and I think it could put down the Thing for keeps. The Buffalo Bore 255 grain flat point hard cast at 960 FPS would be a good load for the 45 ACP, also they load the same bullet in in 45 Super to 1090 FPS. As long as the Bears aren't too large theses loads should work well
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..Loco...thanks for making my day...those MensTabloidTrash covers made my day....
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OK so you all have convinced me to leave the handgun at home. What should I carry seeing as how there have been bear tracks and a rub less than 40 feet from my back door. A double rifle in 505 Gibbs? Hey, now you are talking! I think a IWB would work just fine. It would have to be a stainless with synthetic stock so when I go wading for salmon off the beach it will not rust. I wonder if Milt Sparks will make a IWB holster for it.I already walk with a limp so the barrels hanging below my knee won't be a problem...
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous
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It is funny that this subject more or less has appeared on a 1911 forum, Can a Wilson Combat 1911 in .45 Auto be used for bear protection while fly fishing in Alaska? The Wilson factory rep says yes to the Wilson Combat as long as it's their Hunter model in .460 Rowland.
So get a .460 Rowland in a 1911 platform and you are good to go. I did watch some you tube videos on the .460 Rowland and I think it could put down the Thing for keeps. The Buffalo Bore 255 grain flat point hard cast at 960 FPS would be a good load for the 45 ACP, also they load the same bullet in in 45 Super to 1090 FPS. As long as the Bears aren't too large theses loads should work well That's what I kind of figure, here in Montana our Griz run around a 1/4 of ton. Now in Alaska.....
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous
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OK so you all have convinced me to leave the handgun at home. What should I carry seeing as how there have been bear tracks and a rub less than 40 feet from my back door. A double rifle in 505 Gibbs? Hey, now you are talking! I think a IWB would work just fine. It would have to be a stainless with synthetic stock so when I go wading for salmon off the beach it will not rust. I wonder if Milt Sparks will make a IWB holster for it.I already walk with a limp so the barrels hanging below my knee won't be a problem... A Stainless gun can rust also as the following photo of my Springfield illistrates ![[Linked Image]](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d62/jwp475/PenetrationTest45ACP255GrainBuffalBore001.jpg)
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Oh no! Do they make a 505 double rifle in plastic?
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