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<blockquote data-quote="Taj" data-source="post: 3079164" data-attributes="member: 98000"><p>A lot of folks are carrying 10mms for bear guns these days and I've always said that the best gun for a gunfight is the one you have with you.... however... I'm not a big fan of the 10 muther-muther or any auto stuffer as a bear gun. With good ammo I think the 10 is capable, but marginal when you have a choice on how much of an advantage you want over your adversary. Everyone mentions capacity as the big advantage. When I worked for S&W I called on the Alaskan State Troopers on a regular basis. Info from them indicated that the average potential bear meal, ( person) only gets off 2 to 3 rounds during an attack. They felt, as I do, that an operator induced stoppage has a high potential if a bear knocks you to the ground and it becomes a close-in hand to hand combat situation. A stoppage on any auto loader would be hard to clear with one hand because the other is stuffed halfway down a bear's throat. Revolvers can certainly malfunction but the most common, which is a failure to fire is easily remedied by pulling the trigger again. Also, contact shots or a bad grip will not induce a malfunction with a wheel gun. Just my 2 cents , but I think I'm going to stay with a big magnum revolver for my back country bear gun. Randy Garret (the old owner of Garret Ammo), proved a long time ago that a heavy for caliber (320 grain) .44 bullet with a big meplat @ just under a 1000 fps will shoot completely through any bear alive at just about any angle. I've killed several large boar and a bison with that load and always had complete penetration, even on a double lung shot on the bison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taj, post: 3079164, member: 98000"] A lot of folks are carrying 10mms for bear guns these days and I've always said that the best gun for a gunfight is the one you have with you.... however... I'm not a big fan of the 10 muther-muther or any auto stuffer as a bear gun. With good ammo I think the 10 is capable, but marginal when you have a choice on how much of an advantage you want over your adversary. Everyone mentions capacity as the big advantage. When I worked for S&W I called on the Alaskan State Troopers on a regular basis. Info from them indicated that the average potential bear meal, ( person) only gets off 2 to 3 rounds during an attack. They felt, as I do, that an operator induced stoppage has a high potential if a bear knocks you to the ground and it becomes a close-in hand to hand combat situation. A stoppage on any auto loader would be hard to clear with one hand because the other is stuffed halfway down a bear's throat. Revolvers can certainly malfunction but the most common, which is a failure to fire is easily remedied by pulling the trigger again. Also, contact shots or a bad grip will not induce a malfunction with a wheel gun. Just my 2 cents , but I think I'm going to stay with a big magnum revolver for my back country bear gun. Randy Garret (the old owner of Garret Ammo), proved a long time ago that a heavy for caliber (320 grain) .44 bullet with a big meplat @ just under a 1000 fps will shoot completely through any bear alive at just about any angle. I've killed several large boar and a bison with that load and always had complete penetration, even on a double lung shot on the bison. [/QUOTE]
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