At the turn of the last Century a Grizzly was killed in the Wyoming Territory. The Territorial Government posted a $10,000 in gold reward for this bear. It terrorized the countryside for twenty years before the reward was claimed. When it was finally brought in, it was learned that: It had over a hundred rifle bullets in its body. Besides the kill shot (a .30-40 Krag slug between the ears) it had five different medium and large bore pistol bullets lodged in the brain. None of them had killed it. All five had been fired into the brain from the bottom of its head. Those hunters never came back, along with a great many others.
What kind of fire power would you carry if you were concerned that a simalier grizzly was in the vicinity of your camp site.
Bare in mind this is based on a surprise attack by a bear, not simply shooting it from 200 yards from a hunters hide. The following are some I have selected. However don’t feel the need to read all that I have posted here just post a Non-restricted firearm you would select. bonis points if you own that firearm.
-I think a can of pepper spray couldn’t hurt as a back up, but does that stuff really work on a big mean pissed off bear? And what are the chances of a malfunction in the operation of the can?
-Mossberg 590 pump shotgun, with a 20 inch barrel and a 9 shot capacity.
But what would be the better load, slugs, or 000-buckshot? (ten 9mm brass coated led core pellets.) Slugs would hit harder and penitrate deeper, but 000 buck would give you a better chance of scoring a hit on a sweet spot. (throut, eyes, upper spinal cord.) This is probibly the one I would select, but i dont own one yet.
-.300 Winchester magnum. bolt action rifle. Sure a .375 H&H mag would be better but you cant commonly find them with a 7-10 round detachable box mag.
-.308 Springfield M1A, semi auto with a five shot quick detachable mag. This could give you the advantage of not having to shift your aim point to manually operate your weapon, allowing you to cluster your shots.
-.223 rem. Tavor TAR 21, loaded with 62 grain M-855 tungsten core penetrators. This offers the opportunity to spray 10 rapid shots of light armor piercing rounds, along with a very quick reload. Basically spray and pray at its best.
(I own this rifle, but I'm not so sure I would select it. AlsoI dont even know if you can get M-855 in canada.)
What kind of fire power would you carry if you were concerned that a simalier grizzly was in the vicinity of your camp site.
Bare in mind this is based on a surprise attack by a bear, not simply shooting it from 200 yards from a hunters hide. The following are some I have selected. However don’t feel the need to read all that I have posted here just post a Non-restricted firearm you would select. bonis points if you own that firearm.
-I think a can of pepper spray couldn’t hurt as a back up, but does that stuff really work on a big mean pissed off bear? And what are the chances of a malfunction in the operation of the can?
-Mossberg 590 pump shotgun, with a 20 inch barrel and a 9 shot capacity.
But what would be the better load, slugs, or 000-buckshot? (ten 9mm brass coated led core pellets.) Slugs would hit harder and penitrate deeper, but 000 buck would give you a better chance of scoring a hit on a sweet spot. (throut, eyes, upper spinal cord.) This is probibly the one I would select, but i dont own one yet.
-.300 Winchester magnum. bolt action rifle. Sure a .375 H&H mag would be better but you cant commonly find them with a 7-10 round detachable box mag.
-.308 Springfield M1A, semi auto with a five shot quick detachable mag. This could give you the advantage of not having to shift your aim point to manually operate your weapon, allowing you to cluster your shots.
-.223 rem. Tavor TAR 21, loaded with 62 grain M-855 tungsten core penetrators. This offers the opportunity to spray 10 rapid shots of light armor piercing rounds, along with a very quick reload. Basically spray and pray at its best.
(I own this rifle, but I'm not so sure I would select it. AlsoI dont even know if you can get M-855 in canada.)
F.Y.I. I don't know where this bear story originated, its an internet oldy. It has been posted and reposted many times on many forums, but its always worded exactly the same, except I added, "and a great many others." to the end. Normally it says, "I'll leave their possable fate to your immagination." but that is almost always led to refernce to their fate being some sort of ###ual encounter with the bear.weather ithe storys true or not, I have no idea, but I do like the story in any case.
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