Ranger30-06
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Kodiak ARE grizzly. Same species. And Kodiak get way over 800 lbs and take a LOT of stopping compared to a black bear which can easily be killed one shot with a good .357 magnum load or anything that'll take a deer.
You missed my point. My point, someone brings up blacks and three posts later, someone is yakkin' you need a .600 nitro express to kill a bear cause nothing lesser will do and file the front sight off the gun cause when the bear shoves it up you butt, it won't hurt so bad and save the last round for yourself and all the other dumb cliches. They don't know the difference in an Alaskan griz and a black bear. They shouldn't be commenting if they don't know what bears are.
Yes they are both brown bears, but there are differences. I agree with the .357 for black bear, and also that there is a huge difference between the two types of bears.
ALL THE GUY WANTED TO KNOW IS IF HIS .45ACP WILL BE FINE FOR A GENERAL BLACK BEAR. I SAID YES BECAUSE 99% OF THE TIME, IT WILL. They aren't bulletproof or even that big to begin with, except in my rare case of NJ.
Problem answered!
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