![]() 500 with a 440-grain bullet tops out with less muzzle energy than a. But they all lack the trauma-inflicting velocity of a rifle. Some punch bigger holes, and some can punch deeper ones. A handgun is better than nothing, but whether it’s a 9mm or. If you’re in a bear attack, you’ll be wishing for a rifle. Each bear is different, but typically, if one gets amped up, it’s painfully difficult to stop it. I’ve lived in Alaska my entire life, and I have killed and seen killed in the range of 45 black bears and 16 grizzlies and brown bears. I should have mine by the time this magazine goes to print. Companies like Lone Wolf Distributors are now producing their own customized 10s based on the G20. It’s simple and reliable, and has a 15+1 round capacity. The Glock 20 ($600) is the standard against which all others are measured. What would you rather have in your hands when a 1,200-pound brown bear is directing his anger issues at you? ––Bryce M. Anybody who can shoot a 10mm can very quickly learn to shoot a grown-up cartridge. The recoil melts snowflakes or something. ![]() What’s the second little-gun argument? Proponents claim that most people can’t shoot a big gun. 454 Casull single action on target in 2.8 seconds. They are fast for follow-up shots too, even the big boomers. But a revolver is just as fast as any other handgun for the first shot, and that’s the one that really counts. 500 S&W, and the bear fell down and politely died. Rescuers had to cut the bear’s jaws off his leg.Ĭontrast that with my friend, Alaska resident and guide Lucas Clark. He cleared the jam while the bear continued to dine on his leg and finally killed the bruin. The bear was gnawing on him when he tried a head shot. Revolvers rarely malfunction, and there is no magazine to fall out, as apparently happened during a fatal attack last fall on a Wyoming guide.Īnother guy in New Mexico failed to stop a black bear quickly enough with his 10mm, even with multiple hits. That’s double the bullet weight, 25 percent more bullet diameter, and 267 percent more energy (not to mention 170 percent more momentum, which many believe is a better measure of a bullet’s ability to penetrate than kinetic energy). 500 Smith & Wesson with a 440-grain bullet has 2,579 foot-pounds of energy. ![]() ![]() The 10mm auto with the best 220-grain hard-cast bullet has a pathetic 703 foot-pounds of energy. Cartridges designed for defense against human predators do not. Big-bore revolvers with heavy-for-caliber, flat-nosed, non-expanding bullets do that very well. True bear-protection handguns use a big bullet with lots of horsepower behind it to get through the hide and muscle, and to break bones. 454 Casull has killed everything I have shot with little drama, including a couple of bears. I load 305-grain hard-cast bullets to 1,650 fps. 454 Casull ($2,421) that Ken Kelly at Mag-na-Port tricked out for me. Mine is a custom 5-inch Freedom Arms Model 83. You may get one or two shots, if you are lucky, before he is chewing on your skull like an hors d’oeuvre. I know everybody thinks they are going to go John Wick on a bear and overwhelm him with a multitude of bullets, but that ignores the second bear truth: Bear attacks happen very fast. The idea of using a semi-auto handgun in a cartridge designed for self-defense against humans is ballistic folly. When wounded, they rarely give up quickly. They have thick hides, strong muscles, and big bones. First, bears are tough, both in construction and attitude. I’ve been hunting bears for 40-some-odd years all over North America and in Russia. Will Brantley Wheelguns for Bear Defense When I saw Freel and Towsley engaged in a Facebook pissing match over bear-defense handguns, I invited them to bring it to the pages of Outdoor Life. When there’s no fire, there’s still social media, where people also sometimes argue. Hunters love to sit around the fire and argue about guns. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.
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