Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears... ;-)
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Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears... ;-)
This is a story of self control and marksmanship with an itsy-bitsy shooter by a woman against a fierce predator.
What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
The Beretta Jetfire 25 ACP...!
"While out hiking in Alberta Canada with my boyfriend we were surprised by a huge grizzly bear charging at us from out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive. If I had not had my little Beretta Jetfire with me I would not be here today!
Just one shot to my boyfriend's knee cap was all it took...the bear got him and I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.
It's one of the best pistols in my collection....."
What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
The Beretta Jetfire 25 ACP...!
"While out hiking in Alberta Canada with my boyfriend we were surprised by a huge grizzly bear charging at us from out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive. If I had not had my little Beretta Jetfire with me I would not be here today!
Just one shot to my boyfriend's knee cap was all it took...the bear got him and I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.
It's one of the best pistols in my collection....."
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
Now THAT is my type of humor!
I started to read the story and was getting ready for some bs, like "I shot the bear in the eye" or some liberal response like "I told the bear that it would have to be incarcerated".-------6
I started to read the story and was getting ready for some bs, like "I shot the bear in the eye" or some liberal response like "I told the bear that it would have to be incarcerated".-------6
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
Gee, and I was all ready to post this as a serious response to a serious question as the minimum practical handgun:
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
cosi fan tutte
Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
I wonder if she knows about filing the front sight off
Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
I should have seen that one coming
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
And they say the 25 is good for nothing! Heh.
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
Not too sidetrack. Always manage to pick a site by the loudest and most obnoxious campsite mates. A little bacon grease or honey drizzled between their ground sheet and tent floor will give you a 30-40 second warning. Not to mention the coons and possums bothering them after dark. Least thats what I have heard over a campfire or 2.
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
250 Savage... its what the 223 wishes it could be...!
250 Savage... its what the 223 wishes it could be...!
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Sad part is that carry of a handgun for personal protection is not legal up here. The folks in charge will say it can be done, and a very few permits do exist, but for the average person, nope, not gonna happen.
I hope you guys can keep the anti-gun nuts at bay south of the border.
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Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
OTOH, last time I was up in the Great White North, you COULD carry a short-barreled shotgun:John Y Cannuck wrote:
Sad part is that carry of a handgun for personal protection is not legal up here. The folks in charge will say it can be done, and a very few permits do exist, but for the average person, nope, not gonna happen.
I hope you guys can keep the anti-gun nuts at bay south of the border.
Something that takes a proctological exam to get down here...
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That must be a Mossyberg - looks (probably just pixellation of the picture) like it has moss growing in the barrel.Old Ironsights wrote:
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws
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"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
Re: Smallest practical handgun for protection from bears...
Wasn't there someone here on leverguns a few years ago who legally carried an old, grandfathered russian revolver in the Canadian woods?John Y Cannuck wrote:...carry of a handgun for personal protection is not legal up here.