Grizzly vs enfield

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I got a job working up north BC. Thelittle town is full of Grizzlies and the are all over the road. I have a lee enfield, would this be a good bear gun. Hate of having to go out and get a shotgun.

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With some good heavy bullets, not mil surp, you should be fine, sight in, peep would be choice, make sure it functions perfect, and your set. :)
A better choice would be to borrow a rifle/shotgun from a friend if the one you have is so so
 
A maverick 88 is under 200 bucks for the 18.5 inch version - might be easier to carry around and keep with you.
 
now are you going to roll the truck window all the way down or just enough to poke the barrel out :D

close range with heavy bullets would be my choice.

12 gauge with slugs is good too

and whatever you happen to have in your hands is always a good choice because sticks and rocks are a poor choice.
 
Apparently many on here are not aware of the study done by Alaska's Dept of Fish and Game on suitable cartridges for grizzly/brown encounters of the close kind. Although it is on CGN repeatedly in one damn forum after another, the 12 gauge with slugs is not high on the list for close range work on grizzlies. A .30-06 with 220 grain bullets rates significantly higher.....the old .303 with a big bullet would be my choice any day over a 12 gauge slug.

Save your breath boys I have shot more than my fair share of grizzlies......and black bears for that matter. I have also shot at least 20 black bears with a slug when that was all I could use. Give me the .303 or .30-06 any day over the 12.
 
It ain't about the suitibility of the cartridge Sasquatch - it's about the ease of carrying the gun.

A lightweight short barreled 12 guage is simply easier to keep with you. I don't see anyone here saying a 303 would be a bad choice .. if you have it with you.

Are you trying to cliam that a shotgun with slugs is no good for bear defense?
 
I had the chance to write a tech report for Mapping and Charting Establishment (the military's survey, mapping and terrain analysis unit) after a wolf chewed on some GPS survey equipment in the high arctic. No one was hurt, just surprised. The men were unarmed. The SOP should have been to request some 12ga slug shotguns but that didn't happen on time. I took it upon myself to challenge that idea for the future.

There are 8 or 9 animals in Canada that will hunt and kill, or aggressively attack humans - polar bears, grizzly bears, black bears, bison, cougars (er, mountain lions not 'mount and lyin's'), bison, moose and bulls. Survey crews frequently work in isolated areas, and have to stay on station for long periods.

The recommendations was the military issue survival rifle (yes there is one!, a .303 like the EAL), loaded with heavy soft point bullets, available through the system or commercial with approval of the item manager. It would be sufficiently powerful and simple enough to train and use.

Alas, the DCO didn't think it was necessary and the security arrangements for a bunch of bolt action rifles would have been surprisingly complicated.
 
I vote......can't be bothered. Same thing time and time again. Lots of people with little or no experience, other than what they have read or heard from a friend that read something.

Yes gunasurus...........boring.
 
I'm one of the guys that doesn't know sh!t about bear defense, other than what I have read/ heard, keep this in mind. What about one of the new Klingon Forehead 750 carbines in 35 Whelen for bear defense? Short, light, fast follow up shots and heavy hitter. Sounds like a winner to me, but as I already said, I know sh!t about grizzlies
 
Sasquatch said:
I vote......can't be bothered. Same thing time and time again. Lots of people with little or no experience, other than what they have read or heard from a friend that read something.

Yes gunasurus...........boring.
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coming from a guy who just stereotyped all of BC and compaired its residence to edmonton and calgary in another thread :rolleyes:

back to the question, your rifle is fine and there is nothing wrong with a shotgun either , beats the hell out of a pocket full of marbles and a can of bbq seasoning
 
Give me a break........if you are from BC then you know that VANCOUVER dictates much of what you do. There are many wacko's in Vancouver......the anti-hunting/firearms types are numerous. Sorry, I was on the damn police force for a long time and know so.

Edmonton and Calgary are growing and so are the anti-hunter/anti-gun types. This is not rocket science. I lived in BC for 30 years......my family all still live there. It is a great place, but it is just a place and it has its problems.....as do we all wherever we live.

It is too bad, but although many from BC like to diss the rest of the country and think they are superior, many act as if they came from Toronto.

How old are you bone-collector?
 
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