Dorin62
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My son is going to be driving to Alaska from Co this summer to do some work for his company and not doing any hunting of any kind. He wants to do some hiking and just see the country while there. Then his question was-- I want a nice light hundgun for bear defense that I can put in my backpack I says .... where are your brains child of mine, the gun needs to be a lot closer than your backpack when out in the wild and there is no such thing like that for bears.
We don’t own any high power rifles of any sort so I told him nothing less than a 44 mag and a 500 smith would be better, plus a 12ga loaded w/slugs and 00 buck should be first and then the handgun as the last resort. He then after talking with me has decided on the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 454 Casull and 45 LC with the 2in barrel.
Myself being from Mi and never ever been within any close proximity of a grizzly, I wonder if this was good advice. Please chime in with your comments about bears, the road condition from Co to there, cost of living up there and anything else that you think will help him out.
We don’t own any high power rifles of any sort so I told him nothing less than a 44 mag and a 500 smith would be better, plus a 12ga loaded w/slugs and 00 buck should be first and then the handgun as the last resort. He then after talking with me has decided on the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 454 Casull and 45 LC with the 2in barrel.
Myself being from Mi and never ever been within any close proximity of a grizzly, I wonder if this was good advice. Please chime in with your comments about bears, the road condition from Co to there, cost of living up there and anything else that you think will help him out.