What Caliber of Glock is being used/carried for Protection ?

[BGM109]

I enjoy watching the "Life Below Zero" Series on National Geographic. I'm curious to know if anyone has seen the Glock Pistol the Jessie Holmes carries on the most recent episodes & what caliber it is. Jessie races dog teams professionally in Alaska.
I suspect it is a 10MM but am not sure. Thanks for any help.
Tom

 

[alwslate]

It looks like a long slide match model to me. Caliber unknown.

 

[LVSteve]

Not seen the show, but I'd want a model 24 or 35 as a minimum in that country.

 

[Univibe]

Not seen the show, but I'd want a model 24 or 35 as a minimum in that country.

I weigh 180 pounds. The Bear weighs 1000.


My minimum would be 10mm full power loads with 180 or 200 grain hardcast.

 

[BGM109]

What caliber Glock is it ?

Thanks for the input. My first assumption (bad word) would be it's a 10MM but I don't think I'm that far off.
There are some interesting guns that show-up in the series. one family uses a Moison Nagant until it got busted up in a snowmobile accident. another is an AR-10 Sue Aikens used on a bear that got too close to her homestead. she also carries a 10mm Ruger Redhawk for "surprise close in" work. there's also a Springfield M1A being used to harvest Caribou. plus the Ruger 10-22 used for rabbits & grouse.
Ya never know just what may show up but, it keeps my gun interest alive & well. Tom

 

[alwslate]

I enjoy watching the show. Some of the scenes require a bit of faith to actually believe I think. I saw the scene where Sue flattened the Griz with one shot from her .308 carbine. Sure. I think she probably got a bit of help from someone off camera with a real Grizzly rifle. If you watch the show you should know by now that Sue isn't going to win any awards for her shooting ability

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I enjoy watching the show. Some of the scenes require a bit of faith to actually believe I think. I saw the scene where Sue flattened the Griz with one shot from her .308 carbine. Sure. I think she probably got a bit of help from someone off camera with a real Grizzly rifle. If you watch the show you should know by now that Sue isn't going to win any awards for her shooting ability

Imagine spending a winter alone with her

 

[BGM109]

Life Below Zero

I believe the show is quite entertaining. there's not much more I want to learn about dog sledding though, to each his own.
The show is better than most of the "reality stuff" there showing on other networks. At least the scenery makes a great backdrop.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

No glocks here but lots of other nice pistolas.

 

[woodsltc]

Imagine spending a winter alone with her

Probably would be a good thing that it's dark all the time there in winter.

Don

 

[djohns6]

Thanks for the input. My first assumption (bad word) would be it's a 10MM but I don't think I'm that far off.
There are some interesting guns that show-up in the series. one family uses a Moison Nagant until it got busted up in a snowmobile accident. another is an AR-10 Sue Aikens used on a bear that got too close to her homestead. she also carries a 10mm Ruger Redhawk for "surprise close in" work. there's also a Springfield M1A being used to harvest Caribou. plus the Ruger 10-22 used for rabbits & grouse.
Ya never know just what may show up but, it keeps my gun interest alive & well. Tom

When did Ruger make a 10mm Redhawk ?

 

[BGM109]

My Mistake abput Ruger

I meant to say a Ruger .44 Magnum, not a 10mm. sorry about that. Tom

 

[Cal44]

I meant to say a Ruger .44 Magnum, not a 10mm. sorry about that. Tom

Ruger does make a 10mm GP-100.

Nearly bought one right before the pandemic started early last year when it was on sale.

Probably should have as the price would be much higher now.

Probably a 44 magnum of some flavor would be better though from Alaska back country.

 

[Autonomous]

There is a movement away from heavy revolvers to 10mm semi-automatics for defense against large, dangerous animals.
As we develop better understanding of terminal ballistics it is becoming apparent that at handgun velocities shot placement and penetration are what really matters.
It is easier for the majority of people to place more shots, more accurately in less time with a semi-auto than a revolver.
The Greenland Sirius Dog Sled Patrol uses 10mm pistols as back-up guns for protection from muskox and polar bears. One of their members has in fact killed a polar bear with his 10mm.

If you're like me and don't like Glock's pistol ergonomics look at the Springfield Armory XD-M. The S&W 10mm, IMO, will need a year to prove it's reliability.

 

[BGM109]

Autonomous

I have to agree there is movement to the Auto's for 10MM. I would probably go that route if I had to have one, I'm pretty consistent with an Auto. I'm accurate with a .44 mag for the first few rounds then it's downhill from there. I do love the .45 Colt & the .45 ACP but, the bottom line is,
what a shooter can shoot "accurately" to save his bacon. The 12 Gauge is probably the great equalizer in the end for most folks.
Tom

 

[mtgianni]

I am not much of a TV watcher and my only Glock is a long slide model 40 in 10 MM.

 

[tops]

Imagine spending a winter alone with her

I can't believe that thought would even enter a half normal persons mind. Larry

 

[Ray1970]

Meh. It's all about shot placement. A 9mm is fine for bears.

The Story of the Alaska Man Who Killed a Charging Brown Bear with a 9mm Pistol

 

[Wyo]

Meh. It's all about shot placement. A 9mm is fine for bears.

The Story of the Alaska Man Who Killed a Charging Brown Bear with a 9mm Pistol

Phil Shoemaker has been guiding/outfitting for griz in Alaska for many, many years. He's also written a number of articles on various firearms he's used for griz over the years. I know that he carried a .357 mag. Ruger SP101 as a backup gun for some time and I understand his daughter carries that gun now. Shoemaker is the kind of guy that could save the day with a 9mm - at least he had the right ammo - but I doubt that many folks with less experience could have pulled that off without a whole lot of dumb luck.

 

[max503]

Reading the OP gave me a different idea of what this thread is about.
We don't have bars here in Illinois but I recently snagged a Glock 26 for a song. I don't plan to EDC it, but I will carry it while out arrowhead hunting. There's packs of feral dogs where I roam. Some of the creek bottoms are lousy with very large dog prints, and you can hear them at night. My neighbor who delivers papers in the early morning has seen them. A delivery person not far from here lost an arm, I believe, to some dogs.