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<blockquote data-quote="Hudge76" data-source="post: 2760325" data-attributes="member: 117629"><p>I can tell you this, we've had a couple of people have to kill bears with the shotguns while doing field work. We also had a member well before I worked there get mauled by an interior brown bear. I can't tell you what defensive ammo they are buying for the pistols, but it's slugs for the 12 gauge. The guy that does our ammo purchasing is a former military police officer and then worked on the North Slope doing bear guard duty and safety. From taking to him he's pretty knowledgeable on firearms, but we do differ on what to carry for bear protection. I mentioned we should probably have a few Glock 20's with hard cast bullets as I know for a fact several of our people can't handle the recoil of a 44 Mag. While 10mm is still stout, it's not as bad as .44. </p><p></p><p>As far as the .458's, since they are not purchased property of the US Government, no ammo is bought for them, same with the .375's I've seen as well. As far as the .300 and .30-06's ammo is purchased for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hudge76, post: 2760325, member: 117629"] I can tell you this, we’ve had a couple of people have to kill bears with the shotguns while doing field work. We also had a member well before I worked there get mauled by an interior brown bear. I can’t tell you what defensive ammo they are buying for the pistols, but it’s slugs for the 12 gauge. The guy that does our ammo purchasing is a former military police officer and then worked on the North Slope doing bear guard duty and safety. From taking to him he’s pretty knowledgeable on firearms, but we do differ on what to carry for bear protection. I mentioned we should probably have a few Glock 20’s with hard cast bullets as I know for a fact several of our people can’t handle the recoil of a 44 Mag. While 10mm is still stout, it’s not as bad as .44. As far as the .458’s, since they are not purchased property of the US Government, no ammo is bought for them, same with the .375’s I’ve seen as well. As far as the .300 and .30-06’s ammo is purchased for them. [/QUOTE]
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