[jyl]

Why do you (mr ODD JOB) carry spare speed loaders for bear work since you said you're only going to get one to a few shots?

Example of the firefight myth I posted about earlier?

Anyway, the Freedom 454 etc are cool but don't seem logically designed for a bear gun.

The requirements are: damn big penetration, close range, one or two shots, have to carry it all day, don't care if your hand falls off the next day.

Give these requirements to an engineer and seems you wouldn't come up with a very heavy six shooter with nice target sights.

Thinking more like a two shot derringer, bullpup form factor - - short skeleton stock, chamber(s) at shoulder, barrel(s) contained in stock and protruding only a bit past the trigger - in a rifle caliber, as light as possible (mostly plastic), maybe laser or Aim Point type sight.