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Originally Posted by Vtgw938
Some of you may have seen the builder of this gun on one of several documentaries on Black Bear and even Panda's in China. He is Ben Kilham of Lyme, NH. I like to say "we" built it, but I was the guy leaning on the shovel. Back then the bear were in the basement now he has a sanctuary. The gun was a blast to shoot in PPC matches, stood out on the line and those bear cubs in the basement had very sharp claws!
Vtgw938
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Much prettier than my old A.F. Behlert.
I tangled with a Black Bear cub at a trading post in Canada in about 1956 or so. I was a tad younger then. We had been to Shining Tree, Canada fishing and stopped at the Trading Post. The Trader had a Black Bear cub as a pet chained up in the front. I was playing with/watching him and got to close. He latched on to me like I was his long lost friend. I had a leather buckskin jacket and that protected me from his claws. My parents and the Trader had a heck of a time getting him to let go. Had not thought about that in years until I read this post. Thanks.
AJ