collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?  (Read 23805 times)

Offline dontgetcrabs

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2009
  • Posts: 1900
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #30 on: April 16, 2014, 09:27:07 PM »
It's all about Kinetic Energy, not FPS. You want a round that will hit whatever you're shooting at, like a sledge hammer.
:yeah:  Out of the three listed in the OP go with the 45.

Offline CAMPMEAT

  • CAMPMEAT
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2010
  • Posts: 13347
  • Location: ARIZONA, A PLACE WHERE I DON'T WANT YOU LIVING !!
  • I love my gun rights in Arizona..
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2014, 09:34:56 PM »
I have all 3 calibers and wouldn't hesitate to carry any of those in the woods. Just preference I guess.
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

Offline thinkingman

  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2008
  • Posts: 2364
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2014, 09:35:40 PM »
Around $700
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/713076543/used+Smith+%26+Wesson+329PD+Alaska+Backpacker?sort=date
Nice gun but you're about $400 short of the street price.
I bought the little brother, 386 XL.
6" barrel, 7 rds of 357 with 180gr hardcast.
The grip on the N frame is too big for me.
327,329,325, all great mountain carry guns.
I would pick the 327 or 325 because I have other guns in that cartridge.
Don't go shorter than a 4" barrel or all you get for that magnum experience is a louder bang.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts.”
― Bertrand Russell

Offline mountainman

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 4923
  • Location: Wenatchee, Wa
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2014, 09:51:30 PM »
I carry a Smith and Wesson 329 .44 mag. Light, accurate with my 320's at 1300 fps. Stem to stern any big bear you may come across..forget the rest!
That Sword is more important than the Shield!

Offline KFhunter

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Legend
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2011
  • Posts: 34514
  • Location: NE Corner
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #34 on: April 16, 2014, 09:56:19 PM »
I'm not telling any of you what I'm packing cause the turds in the wolf section will take note then accus.....err what gun?


what were we talking about again?

Offline huntnnw

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: May 2010
  • Posts: 9254
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #35 on: April 16, 2014, 10:04:55 PM »
A 9mm?  :chuckle:  most of you I am guessing have never actually been face to face with a bear multiple times...good luck hitting the brain in the heat of the moment and if that bear is at 15 feet kiss your ass goodbye. I saw what a 9mm did to a black bear at 8 yards...bullets falling out of the bear this is no joke..17 rds fired it was like the bear was being stung by a bee! If I am packing a gun it better kill and not head shots talking chest too.. 357 or bigger.  I have watched bears take 300 mag at point blank range and act if it wasnt phased..talk aboyt crapping yourself.

Offline mountainman

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 4923
  • Location: Wenatchee, Wa
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2014, 10:07:18 PM »
A 9mm?  :chuckle:  most of you I am guessing have never actually been face to face with a bear multiple times...good luck hitting the brain in the heat of the moment and if that bear is at 15 feet kiss your ass goodbye. I saw what a 9mm did to a black bear at 8 yards...bullets falling out of the bear this is no joke..17 rds fired it was like the bear was being stung by a bee! If I am packing a gun it better kill and not head shots talking chest too.. 357 or bigger.  I have watched bears take 300 mag at point blank range and act if it wasnt phased..talk aboyt crapping yourself.
:yeah:
That Sword is more important than the Shield!

Offline huntnnw

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: May 2010
  • Posts: 9254
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2014, 10:08:42 PM »
I pulled 3 rds out of the chest that you could see! pretty much left a welt on the bear.

Offline quadrafire

  • Past Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2009
  • Posts: 7121
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2014, 10:30:40 PM »
OK......... better just go with the spray then.....

Offline Jim the Plumber

  • Local Legend
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Feb 2009
  • Posts: 469
  • Hunting trespassers from the air
    • http://precisiontactical.co/
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #39 on: April 17, 2014, 01:03:47 AM »
Glock 10mm. Model 20 gets you 16 rounds or a 29 fills up with 11.
compact, hard hitting, lots of firepower in an easy to carry package.
Easier to deploy inside a tent than bear spray.

Offline motg9_6

  • These animals are gods gift first before government's possessions. If it is illegal for a man to fend for himself then he can not be a man in his own right!
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2011
  • Posts: 951
  • Location: Klickitat county
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #40 on: April 17, 2014, 06:08:52 AM »
I used to a carry a Judge 45/.410 alternating 230 grn  Long Colt rounds with .410 000 buckshot. that way my nervousness could still be accurate part of the time.
#1 problem is you only got 5 rnds in the gun so this year i bought a Glock 21 .45 acp 13 rounds of fury if needed.
will miss the revolver fun and carry bird shot for grouse but it will make a better mattress gun anyways.

Offline huntnnw

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: May 2010
  • Posts: 9254
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2014, 06:19:15 AM »
U pretty much get 2 shots and those 2 better kill. A bear at 10 yards will  be on you faster u will ever imagine.

Offline magnanimous_j

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 8659
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #42 on: April 17, 2014, 07:35:34 AM »
It's all about Kinetic Energy, not FPS. You want a round that will hit whatever you're shooting at, like a sledge hammer.

Kinetic Energy is mass x velocity. (KE= .5 x MV2)

All the weight in the world is meaningless without the horsepower to push it.


Offline buckfvr

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+7)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jun 2010
  • Posts: 4508
  • Location: UNGULATE FREE ZONE UNIT 121
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #43 on: April 17, 2014, 07:43:29 AM »
It's all about Kinetic Energy, not FPS. You want a round that will hit whatever you're shooting at, like a sledge hammer.

Kinetic Energy is mass x velocity. (KE= .5 x MV2)

All the weight in the world is meaningless without the horsepower to push it.

All this adds up to .44 rem mag............. :tup:

Offline BULLBLASTER

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+14)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 8057
Re: Good Bowhunting Sidearm... 40, 10, 45?
« Reply #44 on: April 17, 2014, 07:45:49 AM »
It's all about Kinetic Energy, not FPS. You want a round that will hit whatever you're shooting at, like a sledge hammer.

Kinetic Energy is mass x velocity. (KE= .5 x MV2)

All the weight in the world is meaningless without the horsepower to push it.
:yeah: the velocity part is squared... so that has a huge impact on ke. I haven't been face to face with a grizzly but did get down and dirty in the brush with a pissed off and injured blackie one time. 2 shots from my 7 mag did it in... the first in the chest didn't seem to phase it. Second went in the neck. I also agree with huntnnw a 9 would not even be on my list for bear defense.
« Last Edit: April 17, 2014, 08:13:27 AM by BULLBLASTER »

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Springer Fishing Opportunity 3/29 & 3/30 by Blacklab
[Today at 12:48:56 PM]


Long Beach Clamming Tides by dilleytech
[Today at 12:39:19 PM]


Let’s see your best Washington buck by abhold87
[Today at 12:03:27 PM]


Bearpaw Season - Spring 2024 by bearpaw
[Today at 11:45:41 AM]


Walked a cougar down by Rainier10
[Today at 11:17:49 AM]


SB 5444 signed by Inslee on 03/26 Takes Effect on 06/06/24 by hughjorgan
[Today at 09:03:26 AM]


Springer 2024 Columbia River by WSU
[Today at 08:31:10 AM]


Average by lhrbull
[Today at 07:31:56 AM]


CVA optima V2 LR tapped hole for front sight by Remdawg
[Today at 07:09:22 AM]


Which 12” boat trailer tires? by timberhunter
[Yesterday at 08:22:18 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal