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Originally Posted by Groesbeck Hurricane
NICE one! I love the simplicity of the lines and revolvers are just so nice to shoot!
Have you ever shot a .454 Casull in anything? THAT is one HOT round!!! I am not a small guy and I do not feel safe shooting a .44MAG handgun! I do shoot .45LC / .45ACP. I shoot a .44MAG lever action when hunting.
I simply do not understand why the .45 is not considered adequate? Even a .357MAG? Lots of speed, lead, and you will need several shots no matter what.
Is that Grizzly or Black, Brown Bear country? One set is considered harder to bring down than the other. The black bears we have stumbled upon were just as interested in staying away from us as we were from them.
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dealing with just a black bear is a GIANT PITA and it can and does quite often get ugly fast(see rugers ad re: the black bear chomping on the guy at reservation lake,az) and of course our experiences here in az and new messiko. none of which i ever wanna be a part of, but yer classic "wrong place wrong time" applies often in the woods.
the entire crux of the biscuit here on any bear is MASSIVE WOUND CAVITY expansion. you want /NEED the bullet to NOT break apart and damage as much tissue ,organs,bone while going thru, and to EXIT, causing BLOOD LOSS TO THE BRAIN!
no blood=no functioning organs.
just cuz ya blew up the heart doesnt mean they are not gonna press the attack.
black bears maybe get to 350# here. a .357 /.44 even a .45 is good. 6 shooter/semi auto/double action.
a hollowpoint upon entry will fill with fur/bone etc and not travel as far. ya gots to have the bullet exit. hence meplat type bullets hard as hell that do not deform or come apart. which means more wound cavity expansion and more damage and more blood loss.
a good analogy would be trying to stop a 150 car , 8 unit freight train with a .22 or using a 155 HOWITZER!
me? i gots the nastiest azz rounds from buffalo bore my smiths will safely handle, and the nastiest azz rounds from buffalo bore my 1895GS marlin will handle as well as my shoulder.
and a 12 ga benelli M-2 tactical with breneke slugs and federal low recoil OO buck with streamlight flashlight attached.
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a M1-A SOCOM with a 25rd mag filled with 180gr remingtons, and a remote streamlight flashlight attached.
i aint screwing around with this! ALWAYS BRING ENOUGH SPOON and of course more COWBELL!