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Hat tip to Cooperjd on another site for the heads up on this good article.
Ammoland.com link
This is an incredibly well researched piece on defensive handgun use against bears....turns out pistols work. I think most here will find it interesting.
Two things I find interesting besides how effective even a small caliber pistol is;
1) there is a hint of a bias by game depts for not reporting successful firearms use [I personally know of one case last yr in southern MT that was never reported]
2) there is a reporting bias that would indicate many more of these successful cases of bear defense by handgun that go unreported. And who can blame a guy with all of the red tape involved? Note the one case, guy attacked on his own ranch....the authorities brought out a metal detector to verify shell casings. Guilty until proven innocent....I thought it was supposed to be the other way around?
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Ammoland.com link
This is an incredibly well researched piece on defensive handgun use against bears....turns out pistols work. I think most here will find it interesting.
Two things I find interesting besides how effective even a small caliber pistol is;
1) there is a hint of a bias by game depts for not reporting successful firearms use [I personally know of one case last yr in southern MT that was never reported]
2) there is a reporting bias that would indicate many more of these successful cases of bear defense by handgun that go unreported. And who can blame a guy with all of the red tape involved? Note the one case, guy attacked on his own ranch....the authorities brought out a metal detector to verify shell casings. Guilty until proven innocent....I thought it was supposed to be the other way around?
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