.308, 00 buck, or slug for grizzly?!
- Thread starter DiSmAnTLeR
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enough with the 'its not the calibre, its the shooter' comments.
i get the picture already. it was only insightful the first 100 times it was posted.
i practice with my firearms at every opportunity i can. i will be doing everything i can to improve my marksmanship whether i camped or not.
I have over 5000 posts as well you telling me I don't have a life too..........
you can take it however way you want.
ultimately you are text on a screen to me.
Buddy what you've done with your mother is none of anyone's business.
There are no "finger puppet" smilies here, so I'll 'splain. On any gun forum, bear threads are a good time and the person posting usually gets served a little humble pie, which is why I tagged this one, lucky for you most of the CGN comedians were elsewhere Take it for what it's worth. I hate to get into a pizzin' match with fellow shooters, we have bigger fish to fry.
Now if you're really serious about giving ol' Grizz the lights-out treatment buy a rifle in a manly caliber like a .375 H&H magnum. I have a really nice one for sale.
82 posts and this has been posted a 100 times? I'll never understand the "new math".
Listen, you're obviously not handling the pressure of a world famous CGN bear defense thread very well so I thought (and rightly so) that you need to focus less on finding a caliber to adress your anxiety and more on developing a coping mechanism for those moments when things actually are serious.
Thanx for the suggestion but if I wanted amateur life coach advice I would ask for it, and yes these weekly troll posts are getting a bit repetitive.
And from what I can tell so far if your this stressed about the Internet you are going to be bear food in a real attack.
Just please have someone vid tape it for youtube as I'd love to post that link as a follow up.
an old oufitter told me that it depends on whether you're lookin for grizzly or just defending- just defending, 12 guage with slugs- in a double, sxs- ie a "coach gun"- if you're looking for bear, 348 winchester - ie the model 71- now he was on horseback- i use a 338 win mag with 275 grain slugs- and i'm about 400 yards out
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- Back in the Peace Country
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- Back in the Peace Country
what your guys thoughts on bird shot for the first one, to get him good in the face and eyes,... then 2 slugs..?
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- where it rains
Is money an issue? do you own a .308 and or 12ga?
If you don't own either and money is an issue the shot gun is very versatile and if you want to take a few birds while your camping and not have to deal with gutting a big animal (mind you, you can take larger game with a shotgun too) If you're only concerned with defence a shot gun with telescoping or flip up stock would be very portable and storable. Just make sure you keep your shells in good order as they can corrode quick if left in the right environment for too long.
If you're set on the .308, having a short barreled gun and setting it up with a low magnification scope forward of the action or with ghost rings (or both) will give you a fast target acquisition for a defensive situation. Reading Jeff Cooper's ideas on the scout concept might prove to be an interesting read for you. While I don't think he talks about bears you can see a lot of transferable concepts in his ideas.
12 gauge slugs have been proven not to penetrate as well as rifle bullets. A 12 gauge would be an ok choice for bear defence, as you are not really trying to kill the bear, as much as you are trying to get it to go away. This does leave a mess for someone else to clean up. I'm not sure why all the .308 talk. Most of us live in Canada. A .303 done properly, with a 22" or even 20" barrel, a good synthetic stock, and either open or low power scope, and of course, the 10 shot mag, would prove to be very lethal bear defence, and would serve more than one purpose. It would be about the same cost as a decent 12 gauge, as well as about the same weight. It would more than likley kick less, and be easier to shoot than the average slug gun as well. Just sayin'
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do not resort to personal insults about people's mothers.
especially online, weak sauce.
what your guys thoughts on bird shot for the first one, to get him good in the face and eyes,... then 2 slugs..?
No, what you want to do is load #1 with buckshot, since the bear will be running towards you and you want ot be able to hit it with the pattern.
Then follow up with birdshot to the face, this will blind him.
Then you give him a slug, while he is running around blind
I'm serious...
Thanx for the suggestion but if I wanted amateur life coach advice I would ask for it, and yes these weekly troll posts are getting a bit repetitive.
And from what I can tell so far if your this stressed about the Internet you are going to be bear food in a real attack.
Just please have someone vid tape it for youtube as I'd love to post that link as a follow up.
LOL! stressed from a message board? i would shut it off and go outside long before then.
i guess after 15 100 posts, you take the internet a bit more seriously than most people. you are projecting your own shortcomings onto me.
the trolling accusation is so overplayed on this site. as soon as you disagree with someone it is thrown out. try a valid reply for a change instead of wishing physical harm on a person.
because it is one of the firearm choices that i have.
