Mudinyeri said:I have yet to see an angry black bear. However, if you shoot one with that .223 load, I'm sure you'll get to.
Most sensible thing that's been said in this thread so far.
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Mudinyeri said:I have yet to see an angry black bear. However, if you shoot one with that .223 load, I'm sure you'll get to.
I was raised in the mountains of East Tennessee where there is a VERY good number of Black Bear. Now granted, charges were rare, false charges were kind of common, but actual "You butt is dinner" charges are few and far between.
Black bears kill about as many people as brown/grizzly bears in North America. However, blacks outnumber browns by at least 100 to 1, so they are at least 100 times safer to be around.
Black bears kill about as many people as brown/grizzly bears in North America.
I think black bears are generally more timid.
Really? Got a link to an account of a human-fatality from a Black Bear attack in the lower 48? I've never seen one.
If they attack black bears will kill and eat you on the spot, while a grizzly may leave if you play dead.
Pointless for home defense? Sorry, can't agree with that at all. Unless you're stating that in this case (M4) the HD rifle is not also good for bear. Then I can agree, but if it was all I had I wouldn't lay down and die without a fight.Much as I hate to agree with everyone, your rifle is basically pointless for both home defense and bear.
That's a varmit bullet, not a corelokt.
Pointless for home defense? Sorry, can't agree with that at all. Unless you're stating that in this case (M4) the HD rifle is not also good for bear. Then I can agree, but if it was all I had I wouldn't lay down and die without a fight.
Even raccoons will bite. Big raccoons will take big bites.
And in a gun that has a proven history of failing since its inception?