since9
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cabbitone wrote:
A .22 through the top of the head works nicely.
As for polar bear, Eskimos used to take them with a long pointed stick. Turns out if you run away, they give chase, but if you walk up to them they almost always rear up, exposing their fronts. A couple of quick stabs through their hearts startles them into doing nothing for the few seconds it takes them to become unconscious.
Of course they don't always rear up, which is why the eldest man in the village always pulled that duty.
I'm wondering how my 9 mm would work against a grizzly. I carried a .44 magnum while backpacking in the Inland Northwest, but I had to give that back to my father. I know it's only a 9 mm, but I can put 17 shots on target in less than five seconds, and another 16 in less than ten more seconds. It's packs a third the punch of my .44 mag, but with three times number of initial rounds, so I figure it works more like a shotgun.
cabbitone wrote:
Slightly off topic but still pertaining to animal attacks.
Anyone have any idea what the minimum would be to use against an alligator? (handgun caliber/load)
Like would a high pressure 10mm(not a lethargic FBI Light) work?
*clarification - Referring to self defense not hunting, i.e. one is charging you or has clamped down on you/object
A .22 through the top of the head works nicely.
As for polar bear, Eskimos used to take them with a long pointed stick. Turns out if you run away, they give chase, but if you walk up to them they almost always rear up, exposing their fronts. A couple of quick stabs through their hearts startles them into doing nothing for the few seconds it takes them to become unconscious.
Of course they don't always rear up, which is why the eldest man in the village always pulled that duty.
I'm wondering how my 9 mm would work against a grizzly. I carried a .44 magnum while backpacking in the Inland Northwest, but I had to give that back to my father. I know it's only a 9 mm, but I can put 17 shots on target in less than five seconds, and another 16 in less than ten more seconds. It's packs a third the punch of my .44 mag, but with three times number of initial rounds, so I figure it works more like a shotgun.