Grizzly bear defense with 9mm?

[achildofthesky]

What did someone say here a few months ago???

To the efffect " the 9mm is is entirely adequate for a Gizzy bar encounter. Shoot your buddy in the leg and run like hell" ;->)

Patty

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Sheesh, I recommend 10mm for Black bears. Against Grizzlies, I'd like to have my SAR-48 with me.

Check some hunting sites, I think the biggest blackie killed in PA is over 800 pounds, if not for sure it was over 700 pounds. Someone I work with just had a friend kill a 550-pound blackie on their farmland in Virginia, corn-fed blackies can get really big!

My buddy's here in Michigan was over 500 lbs as well. Normal here in MI seems to be 300-400lbs with 500 being quite a big one.

 

[.357 magnum]

Furious Styles-Are you giving me a Choice?

Well if you are giving me a choice I will take the .45 acp with Federal 230gr Hydra-shoks and a 5 inch barrel and 14 shots over the 9mm. Much better choice then the 9mm! Do I want to face a grizzly with my .45 ?---Never! But I sure as h$$l do not want to face a grizzly with a 9mm. At least with the.45 I have a small chance of living-albeit small. Too the original poster. Your freind is not retarded, but very unrealistic to think a 9mm would stop a grizzly. He would only be retarded if he went hunting for a grizzly with a 9mm.

The Best to all!

Frank

P.S.--[yes I even have a weakness for the unrealistic posts at times- but they are good fun!]

 

[MCgunner]

The 9mm HAS stopped grizzly, fact. Wish I could find that article that was posted. .22 LR has killed 600 lb Canadian black bear. I read about it in Sports Afield years ago. It was three indian kids out for a walk and the big bear came along as they were hiding in the brush. Shot it in the head from point blank. At the time it was a record class bear.

9mm CAN kill anything that walks, even elephant, but it ain't like I'm going to rely on it for bear defense.

 

[Cheeseybacon]

Wow.

I guess that settles it, 9mm is definately a huge no-no for Grizzly. I personally thought it was kinda obvious, but now I can end this debate with my lame 9mm fanboi friend once and for all. I just hope he carries something a little better when he actually does go to Alaska. He keeps talking about going salmon fishing up there some day.

 

[ezypikns]

O.K, I'll say it.

I hunt them with a club.











There are 25 of us in the club. All armed with large caliber rifles.

 

[jonsidneyb]

Some has said here that you are more likely to run into drug dealers than a Bear. I have never run into drug dealers but I have run into other types of criminals. I did almost run into a bear once. I backpacked the Appalachian trail and I did come face to face with a black bear. My best guess was about 200 pounds. I started to take a picture but thought the flash might not be a good idea. It was just as startled as I was and after a few seconds got off the trail and ran away.

I remember seeing a film long ago on the news about a bear relocation. I was probably in jr high at the time. The bear was released from a cage on the back of the truck and instead of running it turned on the ranger. The ranger shot it 6 times from almost contact distance with a .357 and it did drop the bear.

I have no doubt that a large brownie or grizzly can be stopped with a 9mm I would not trust it to do the job but would if I had to. I know some will scoff at this but handguns much larger that .44 magnum and .45 colt are hard to carry if you are not out hunting. If I was in big bear country I would carry a rifle but on my belt would be a .44 or a hot loaded .45 LC and I would just have to trust that if needed those handguns could do the job. Fortunately I do not think I will be attacked by a bear.

I am more concerned actually about packs of feral dogs and a girl I know lost her dog to a mountain lion. Now for those threats 9x19 is adequate.

 

[Waywatcher]

Well, I carried a 9mm Glock in Montana for 4 days of hiking because it was all I had. If it's his choice then yeah, he probably is a retard.

Now I have a .357 mag, still not ideal, but better. More is honestly across my threshold of recoil though, and a good hit with .357 is better than a miss with a 44. I've tried .44's. Not my idea of fun, but then again I broke my shooting wrist a few years ago. (Not while shooting, mind you.)