I need a new handgun...lets talk guns today. :D

The question was asked in this thread, previously, 44mag or 10mm for bear.

In short, one of the gun channels on YT answered it. The 44mag WAY outperformed the 10mm in ballistics. However, the much larger capacity made it more even.

Personally, if I were in black bear country, 10mm would be just fine. If brown, I'd only have my 44 or 460 on me.

 

I'm a fan of the 10mm but it ain't even close to a 44 mag, a double or single action .44 Ruger all day every day. As easy as a 1911 or 2011 is to shoot well, IMO a Ruger Super Redhawk or Super Blackhawk is even easier IMO. My wife had never shot anything bigger than a 10mm and she was dead on with the .44 from the second shell in her first cylinder. A .44 mag at a 100 yards has the energy of a 10mm at the muzzle with the standard loads. Plus there are to many examples of downloaded 10mm ammo afoot. Go big or stay home!

 

In bear country, footwear and fat friends are far more important than caliber and ballistics.

 

We talking about the laws in some countries where it's illegal to own a firearm in a military or police caliber? I think .38 super was big in Mexico because of this type of law.

 

Picked up a Ruger Mk IV Lite today, my other Mk IV (target) is my favorite gun to just have fun shooting so figured what the heck. Only fired 20 rounds through it but a lot easier on my gimp shoulder than my standard one. I can get a few shots off before my right shoulder says it doesn’t want to move that way- I shoot left handed. That little less weight helps a bit.

 

Guess I’ll stay home. I’ve never felt comfortable enough to get more than a shot off with a 44, fun to shoot but I wouldn’t carry one for that reason. That being said I’m not around bears much either

 

That bear flyin'up that tree makes monkeys look like amateurs.

 

I'd be looking out for Mom....

 

That was my first thought when I saw that it was a cub. Still, that thing had paws with claws, and that snout!

 

12g shotgun is more than capable too. But I was curious about handguns. True, you have to draw the handgun which is securely stowed on your body. But I could see where a person might set down a long gun -- which is loosely stowed or swinging from your body -- for those activities you mentioned. Darwin may be at play though.

 

Same rules as Zombieland.....

 

I would bet Darwin, for sure, has a lot to do with the outcome of bear/human interaction.
Black bear, and only the rural ones, I would be okay with a handgun for which I've developed a second nature.
In true wilderness, not a chance. It's war.

 

I was training a new employee and he put up a couple on gunbroker this week. We had a sweet 1965 Blackhawk 44 mag in original box but it sold in a day.
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?IncludeSellers=2489977

 

That video makes me want to start hunting. I don’t wanna shoot anything, I wanna play with the bears. No way I could have just sat there with the little bear right there. I would have to play with him and give him my food.

 

But at some point in its life the bear starts to think that you're the food

 

Nah, not me. We would be friends.

 

Boom. The P365 X-Macro with the Boresight grip module and Holosun 507K is on the way.




The Dagger is already sitting up there. I’ll wait till this one arrives and get them both at the same time.

 

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Nice. The P365X non-macro is my current top contender. I still haven't gotten around to buying one yet. I'm not sold on having anything more than the iron sights, though I'll probably buy one that's optic ready in case I change my mind.