if you had to fight off a bear what gun would you use

[Cameramonkey]

.22


Shoot my companion in the leg and the bear will go for the easy meal.

YUP!

Two guys are running from a bear. The one guy says to the other "how are we gonna outrun this bear?" The other guy says "outrun the bear? Hell, I just gotta outrun YOU!"

 

[Hookeye]

I remember an old Bob Milek article on black bear with I think it was a Colt Python.
And another by Larry Kelly with .44 mag.....when a grizzly stuck its face in the cabin.
Entertaining reads, and maybe of some extra thought.

Even the old Foggy Mountain pro switched from .357 to .41 mag............Handgun Bear Hunting

 

[jbz400]

potato gun, and hope he likes potatoes

 

[Mackey]

potato gun, and hope he likes potatoes

I like the way you're thinking. But a marshmallow gun would be much better.

 

[Smokeeater]

30.06 but I like the marshmallow gun idea.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

I carry my G-20 in Bear country - same side arm carried by most Alaskan guides. If you watch the show "Dropped" on the Sportsman Channel, they also carry the G-20.

 

[traderdan]

I am with the 12 ga guys..I think 00 buck for me though.

 

[ghuns]

If I lived in bear country, I would need an AR pistol in .458 SOCOM for a walkin around gun.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Here's what an Alaskan Guide had to say:

What is the best sidearm to carry while hunting in Alaska? - Yahoo Answers

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

any gun... double rifle in .600 nitro express.

what i own... 870 12 ga. with slugs.

 

[Expat]

Out of what I own, 12 gauge slugs if was using a long gun. I guess my .45 Colt Ruger Blackhawk in handgun.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

30.06 but I like the marshmallow gun idea.

.30-06 with an underbarrel marshmallow launcher? Best of both worlds...

 

[halfmileharry]

.30-06 with an underbarrel marshmallow launcher? Best of both worlds...

I refuse to share my marshmallows or bacon........Game on.

 

[Whitsettd8]

any gun... double rifle in .600 nitro express.

what i own... 870 12 ga. with slugs.

Hell the bear would just be putting you out of your misery after shooting that thing....

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Hell the bear would just be putting you out of your misery after shooting that thing....

not saying i would choose it to hunt bear with, but theoretically if i were facing a grizzly set on killing me, i would want to make a big hole.

 

[ces6508]

M60A1 combat loaded with the motor running and all hatches closed.

 

[rex soldier]

saiga converted .308 with 16 inch barrel, shooting some hot loads. So even if that bear gets with in bear paws reach Ill burn his effin I brows off.

 

[halfmileharry]

I'm waiting for some "Mosin" love.

 

[ChrisK1977]

g20 sounds like the right gun with 200 grain or 180 grain nosler jhp.

 

[miguel]

Dueling pistols. His unloaded...