My Conundrum!
I’m thinking I really need a Ruger Alaskan .44mag with the 2-1/2 inch barrel for hiking in bear country. It turns out there’s one in the immediate family that I’m free to borrow and see how I like it! Problem is... I have to use my own ammo to try it out.
With the limited availability of 44mag here, exactly how picky do I want to be? Realistically I’d shoot a couple boxes to get a feel for it. But... A COUPLE BOXES!!??? That’s like asking to give up my eldest son.
So, do I buy one and hope I love it? Do arranged marriages work?
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I always carried a 7-1/2" .44mag when I was up there. Thankfully, I never had to fire it, but I did draw it once.
I think most bears get scared off by the sound because, and I don't recall the exact stats anymore, something like 9/10 pistol self-defense shots are a miss.
Hard to say. I had 3 brown bears hanging around the house a couple years ago and I could NOT get them to leave. I threw rocks at them, threw 2x4s, hollered, banged pans. They were about 10-12 feet from the door. Finally I put three rounds into the gravel right at their feet, BOOM BOOM BOOM and they didn't flinch or even look at me.
Black bears are skittish like big cats. You can surprise them and chase them off. Brown bears know they're the boss and they're utterly fearless. And hard to read. Quick... what's this one thinking?
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I wonder if he tastes like chicken!
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Ditto that, I've never messed with anything with that large a set of teeth or claws. I'm sure you will make an educated decision
having " been there done that"!
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Start watching this season of "ALONE". Lots of bears this season. They scare them instead of shooting them.
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"what's this one thinking?"
Get off my lawn!
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Head shot
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Head shot
Waste of ammo. You’ll just tear off a length of scalp and REALLY pizz him off.
If he wants to chew on you, only way to get away is destroy the front shoulders and that will slow him down a little. Ideally don’t let him get this close.
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I wonder if he tastes like chicken!
Nope...but then again you may taste like one to him!!!
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1380 from buffalo bore 180 grain in a colt delta elite . Sounds good to me
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This one suits me to a T.
3" 629.
Kick like a mule?
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Not as bad as a 329
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I've shot a 329 a few times it makes the 500 seem down right civil. The one i would really like is the 386 XL Hunter but they are hard to come by and the few I have seen for sale are approaching python prices
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The 329 is sweet with 44 specials, even a warm hardcast. 300+ grain 44mag hardcast are a lesson learned.
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Looking at that dude, screw the handguns altogether.
Get a Ruger Alaskan in .375 or .416 Ruger and get used to having that baby slung and ready to go.
He looks real mad at the world.
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But not all brown bears do. Just look at this big fluffy ball of fuzz and tell me that isn't cuddle worthy.
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I had a 629 Mountain Gun for a time. It was quite a handful with full house load. I'm sure the 329 is really a handful.
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