kmrcstintn
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Just stumbled across this in the archives
Just stumbled into this thread in the archives and brought to mind that I am in the process of working up a gun/load combo for hiking/scouting in the woods of southcentral Pennsylvania. We don't have any mountin loins and our black bears are not as big and more sheepish. It's interesting what recommendations come about when discussing this with more experienced sportmen. Seems they were prepared more to deal with snakes and "two legged varmints."
The most common one is a steel frame DA/SA .38 snubby loaded with: 1st & 2nd shots being snakeshot and the next 3 being 158 grain lead .38's. (I only had a S&W Ariweight DAO at the time) I now own a bobbed hammer DAO Ruger SP101. (steel frame .357 snubby) I am contemplating altering the loading by adding a 158grain soft point .357 mag in place of the 3rd leadhead .38.
Revolvers are recommended over semi's since hunting regulations dictate that manually operated handguns be used during hunting seasons and different LEO's may interpret the statures differently, so use a revolver all the time & anytime and eliminate one problem if self defense against a 4 legged critter becomes necessary.
Just stumbled into this thread in the archives and brought to mind that I am in the process of working up a gun/load combo for hiking/scouting in the woods of southcentral Pennsylvania. We don't have any mountin loins and our black bears are not as big and more sheepish. It's interesting what recommendations come about when discussing this with more experienced sportmen. Seems they were prepared more to deal with snakes and "two legged varmints."
The most common one is a steel frame DA/SA .38 snubby loaded with: 1st & 2nd shots being snakeshot and the next 3 being 158 grain lead .38's. (I only had a S&W Ariweight DAO at the time) I now own a bobbed hammer DAO Ruger SP101. (steel frame .357 snubby) I am contemplating altering the loading by adding a 158grain soft point .357 mag in place of the 3rd leadhead .38.
Revolvers are recommended over semi's since hunting regulations dictate that manually operated handguns be used during hunting seasons and different LEO's may interpret the statures differently, so use a revolver all the time & anytime and eliminate one problem if self defense against a 4 legged critter becomes necessary.