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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Again, it's the slope of his forehead that is key. Large caliber rifle bullets are well known for just skipping off at the shallow angle presented.
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A 1150 fps flat nosed bullet will actually fare much better at this than a 2600 fps spitzer, as you know. Spitzers are very prone to deflection, whereas slow, flat nosed bullets excel at "biting" into bone at a much higher angle of deflection.
Of course a lot of it depends on angle. If you get a side shot or a low deflection shot penetration would be virtually guaranteed. Black bears are not as toughly constructed as the larger versions. Regardless, a single penetrating skull shot would end the fight instantly.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Once the fight starts, though, I would happily take the biggest, baddest felon the inner city has to offer over even a yearling cub.
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You only say this because you have not dealt with any large Philly felons yet.
An enraged or drugged up 6'+, 200+lb hood rat that runs like the wind and has a butcher knife is as deadly as any creature god has ever put on this earth, and deadlier than 99% of the rest. You get one of the super sized 6'5" 250+ lb versions on a drug like PCP and you might as well be facing a xenomorph, they're so hard to stop.
Fortunately a bullet to the gray matter works instantly on them too.