Redhawk500
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This thread has to contain some of the funniest statements I've ever read about bears and firearms. I've shot one black and one brown, from "ambush", black bear from ground blind over bait and brown bear across a canyon at 215 yards. The calibers were no less than .366 (9.3x62mm) and .416 Taylor. No one wanted to try my heavy rifle but the guide was quite glad at the bang-flop brown bear. I carred a .45 Colt Redhawk 5.5" on the first hunt with Buffalo Bore 325 grain hard cast bullets at 1250fps and I carried a S&W Mountain Gun 4" 44 Mag with 325 grain Garret hard cast at around 1250 fps. 40 S&W wasn't even remotely in my thinking. I have downsized to a 10mm Glock 20 with 200 grain hardcast Double Tap bullets at 1200 fps for one moose hunt, not expecting any trouble except humans I guess.