mokin
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Seven years ago I shot and killed a chupacabra I thought would be the state record. Turned out it was a opossum with mange.
Ewww!
Just to stir the pot a touch. If I get to pick the ammo and 410 then I would take my Winchester 9410 loaded with Brenneke Slugs over a 10mm Auto handgun for bear defense without much reservation (rather have my anti-tank missile but...). In my testing I manage to out penetrate a decent 10mm load (180gr XTP at 1300fps) with the Brenneke slugs from my 9410. I get 9+1 capacity and in a "rifle" format it's much easier to get good hits. The rifle also works as a better club than the handgun would when things get really desperate.
A 180 grain XTP at 1300 fps is a pretty stout load. Shooting a cartridge like that would be much easier out of a "rifle" format as well.
One of the guys at an LGS tried to sell my a 9410 some time back. I was really interested. You got me looking at those again. They have really gone up in price since I last checked.