Caliber to carry to deal with agressive bears or mountain lion?

[24on48hunting]

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/de...tols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/

Looks like it’s a good idea to at least carry something according to this....

 

[Everywhere.sharks]

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/de...tols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/

Looks like it’s a good idea to at least carry something according to this....

Yeah, good article... better to have any caliber than nothing.. at least go down fighting

 

[Vincent Vega]

This incident occurred in Georgia back in 2007. I would rather have a firearm than firewood but I guess whatever it takes...

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/us/24bear.html

 

[Bryan]

My choice would be 454 Casull. You can shoot 45 colt, 45 schofield and if on a double action you can have the cylinder cut for moon clips and shoot 45 acp.

 

[Everywhere.sharks]

Geez.. marine tough .heh killing a bear with a log with one blow.

 

[Deleted member 79987]

That Five-O

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I dunno why, but the grey shape along the top left edge looks like a dead cat laying on the floorboard. Nice gun there otherwise and oughta do the job.

 

[republican]

If I knew I was in an area with aggressive bears I would want something in 12Ga with at least 6 rd capacity a a bit of practice reloading it.
Around here though I imagine some well timed bottle rockets will send them searching for greener pastures.

 

[JDS556762]

I dunno why, but the grey shape along the top left edge looks like a dead cat laying on the floorboard. Nice gun there otherwise and oughta do the job.

Shhhh

 

[Deleted member 79987]

It’s surprisingly pleasant to shoot. No limp wristing which I doubt you’d do with a bear charging you lol. You got 7 + 1 and it’s deadly accurate. A 300 grain XTP will do the job. Set up for optics if you wanted to run em

I would actually like to try and shoot one of those sometime and feel the recoil for myself. Who knows -- may become my new EDC.

 

[WinstonSmith]

If you are in GA it's a black bear. You dont need to be concerned about a black bear unless you are worried about it getting into your trash or bird feeders. The cat might've been a bobcat. I hear they can be choked out by unarmed grandma's. No worries.