F224
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Lots of good advice here in the previous posts.
I've killed more than a few big game animals, including a charging black bear and a standing Cape Buffalo.
The bear was shot at contact distance with a 444 Marlin rifle (300gr XTP's). It had powder burns on it's forehead. Bigger is better, but any handgun you can shoot accurately will be better than one you cannot. There are lots of documented bear kills with 9mm/357 class pistols.
I've carried both 10mm & 44 mags in bear country, and would feel well protected with either one. The real advantage of the revolver is it won't jam during a contact shot or be limited to one shot if you happen to eject the magazine by accident during the fight.
For me the handgun I'll carry is either a 45acp pistol with 230gr FMJ ammo, any good 10mm with 200gr FMJ's, or my 44Mag S&W M69 with 300gr solids at a stately 975-1000fps. All are easily carried and have enough penetration to stop with a head shot.
But for a primary weapon, it's at least a 308Win rifle or slug loaded shotgun.
I've killed more than a few big game animals, including a charging black bear and a standing Cape Buffalo.
The bear was shot at contact distance with a 444 Marlin rifle (300gr XTP's). It had powder burns on it's forehead. Bigger is better, but any handgun you can shoot accurately will be better than one you cannot. There are lots of documented bear kills with 9mm/357 class pistols.
I've carried both 10mm & 44 mags in bear country, and would feel well protected with either one. The real advantage of the revolver is it won't jam during a contact shot or be limited to one shot if you happen to eject the magazine by accident during the fight.
For me the handgun I'll carry is either a 45acp pistol with 230gr FMJ ammo, any good 10mm with 200gr FMJ's, or my 44Mag S&W M69 with 300gr solids at a stately 975-1000fps. All are easily carried and have enough penetration to stop with a head shot.
But for a primary weapon, it's at least a 308Win rifle or slug loaded shotgun.
). Second, the G20 is carried as a weapon of last resort, their main weapon is the M1917 Enfield using the .30-06 M2 armor-piercing cartridge. That round has a muzzle energy on par with a hot 500 S&W Magnum round and can penetrate half an inch of steel, it will definitely penetrate a polar bear's shoulder bone, every time, and it will still have the kinetic energy of 3 hot 10mm Auto rounds combined once it passed the bone. That is the weapon they trust to protect them against polar bears. The G20 is there for when the bear is already on top of them, and it's probably also useful for their policing duties.
