SteadyD
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As a good friend of mine, with decades of hunting black bear in North Carolina once told me: if you think you’re a bad$&@, let me lock you in a room with a 50-lb black bear cub and we’ll see who comes out in worse condition...
I personally prefer to prepare for worst case scenarios, therefore I would opt for the biggest caliber you can competently shoot.
I saw that one of the fellows who attends the bovine bash with you (Tradmark perhaps?) say that a 357 Magnum with a Swift A Frame Bullet outperformed a Ruger 480 with hard cast. Do the A Frame bullets upgrade the 357 Magnum to be sufficiently adequate for bear defense? I realize an A Frame bullet in a superior caliber would be better, but does the A frame help elevate the capabilities of a 357, much the same way newer hollow points have elevated the performance of 9mm?