Sidearm for Black Bear.

[magnumb]

but it is good for the amusement tho! Lots of experts here with oh so much advise luv it!

Ahhh...........the 'hall monitor' understudy.

Nothing to offer to the OP's inquiry or to the common good of the forum as a whole, so let's piggyback on that other guys post and try to replenish and boost your confidence level and/or image that you have of yourself.

That's useful and productive to all other's trying to gain information so that they might make more informed decisions going forward .........

You forgot, "Cheers"
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Fixed it.....thanks.... .

[mountainman]

Easy cowboy..no need to take my comment so personally :)it was meant to some of the long winded comments by some with probably not much experience on this subject, and not pertaining directly to the op. And the stories from those that have experience are entertaining! Dont be so easily offended

[MountainWalk]

Please! No more. Magnumb, your long winded wordy post and" stories" are about the most boring thing on this thread. Short and sweet, man. Are you some kind of professor or something? Hall monitors? ,WTF?  You carry a pistol. I don't. Bully for you. Now please,  stop beating us in the head with 20 paragraph post.  No need to make yourself appear so intellectually superior to all us common folk. You like your pistol. We get it. 

[magnumb]

Easy cowboy..no need to take my comment so personally :)it was meant to some of the long winded comments by some with probably not much experience on this subject, and not pertaining directly to the op. And the stories from those that have experience are entertaining! Do be so easily offended

Didn't fix that for ya.........cuz' I took your post exactly like it was intended, whether directed only to me or to a dozen other members.  What you're saying then is that your's and the 'hall monitors' disparaging comments are more justifiable and totally acceptable and warranted if not targeted at only me?   So, whether I take it personally or not, such negative comments aren't acceptable when directed at any member that is simply offering their opinions and taking the effort and time to do so.

Read your own post/words carefully once more (or more, if necessary).  If you come up with anything other than you completely agreeing with 'Mr. Hall Monitors' feelings and then completely and fully supporting them in your subsequent post, you must truly assume that I and any other members having read your post are, at best, idiots.

I'd suggest that you reconsider that assumption.

[mountainman]

To the Op...this is my current "poison"! A S&W 329 44mag. Loaded extra hard, wide meplate checked 300 grainers. Love its light,easily packed weight, and the rounds break bones and travel straight! Have stopped and finished many bear over the years with that load, so 100% confidence!

[magnumb]

Please! No more. Magnumb, your long winded wordy post and" stories" are about the most boring thing on this thread. Short and sweet, man. Are you some kind of professor or something? Hall monitors? ,WTF?  You carry a pistol. I don't. Bully for you. Now please,  stop beating us in the head with 20 paragraph post.  No need to make yourself appear so intellectually superior to all us common folk. You like your pistol. We get it.

It's a tough concept for some, evidently it is for you.  Don't read what you don't want to read.......pretty simple concept.....for most.

I write as I write.  If my style appears as you describe, would you have me change that because you want me too.....?  I would do that because.......?

If I asked you to be 'less common' and to now write as you've described me doing......are you going to either want to, feel obliged to or more importantly...... be able to......?  Didn't think so.

I didn't think so, so why expect that of me......?  You don't and never did.  You just wanted to join in for your own reasons, which only you know......thankfully.  We all have attributes, issues, desires and failings.  Please don't try to include or attach me to any one of them.....thanks.

There's times when I can hardly understand or dicipher what some have written here and I doubt that I'm alone in that frustration.  But I would never, ever be impolite, pretentious, discourteous nor thoughtless enough to post up such a post as you did.  I would have never, under no circumstances whatsoever, felt it my place or right or whatever you obviously felt, to do so.  I would either choose to fight on through the post or just to pass on it altogether.  Again......how simple could it be?

What makes you feel that you are somehow more entitled to be less thoughtful, more impolite and judgemental, than I or anyone else......  .  How's your elitest attitude, speaking of "making yourself look so intellectually superior to all us common folk", any different at all from the anti's that freely and adamantly state as you just did, that we don't have the right nor should we be able to CC or to even own a firearm....?

There is absolutely no difference.

If you think that continuing to promote the all too prevalent misconception that hunters are all idiots and slobs (your "common folk" reference), you do all of us an injustice and disservice.  To then try to impinge on anothers right to express him or herself as they so desire, is both unacceptable and dangerous.....don't you think? 

 

[MountainWalk]

How much is this costing me per hour?   Are you by chance a psychiatrist or a politician?

[quadrafire]

To the Op...this is my current "poison"! A S&W 329 44mag. Loaded extra hard, wide meplate checked 300 grainers. Love its light,easily packed weight, and the rounds break bones and travel straight! Have stopped and finished many bear over the years with that load, so 100% confidence!

That's the same rig I'm packing only with Garrett 310's. The bark of it I think will scare off most aggressors.

[jkthomps]

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.....but in a self serving attempt to disparage all others that you feel obviously less experienced, not worthy of contributing their thoughts and knowledgable than yourself, you just happen to offer up the very clear inference that you have come face to face with a bear, survived and handily dispatched it with your XDS45, ala, your "I know from 1st hand experience.....".  And this, your unsolicited 'Field and Stream' moment, just happens to be contained within the same exact sentence where you state, "I won't give my a story or my 'opinion' since the original question/post did not inquire....".

The "original question/post did not inquire" anything but "what's ur poison"....did it..?  So why add the self serving and disparaging banter about others posts, especially when the OP's original question/post clearly did not ask for your opinion on the content of others posts...... .  It is more than evident that you feel others posts in this thread are totally useless and that you truly consider yourself the only qualified and worthy member/hunter that should be able to both determine and pass judgement on any and all others and their opinions.  If this isn't an exact depiction of you and your attitude, where, in your post, is this not exactly what you did or reflect how you feel and view yourself....?  You certainly think alot of yourself.

Being that you obviously very much coveted/embraced and now yearn to return to the 'hall monitor' status of your childhood, complaining about others having done exactly what you then quite intentionally and willingly did yourself, is quite understandable....unfortunately.  Old habits die hard, especially when one feels somehow superior to all others.  Why else would you feel it your right to be so disparaging of others?  More importantly, why else would you then immediately do exactly the same thing that you just complained about in your banter filled post.......... .

All your "hahahaha's...." and demeaning comments in your one post sold me on the determination of your 'hall monitor' personality as you seem to think that this is just a competition of some sort, just like we approached most things when we were just little, impulsive, smart ass'd  kids.

Some grow up, others...............not so much.         
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Correction - XD45. I do not have an XDS45. You were close though, good job.

[magnumb]

Correction - XD45. I do not have an XDS45. You were close though, good job.
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On that, I stand corrected....... . 

And....the rest....?

[jkthomps]

Correction - XD45. I do not have an XDS45. You were close though, good job.

On that, I stand corrected....... . 

And....the rest....?
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I enjoy your posts, so I have nothing negative to say towards you directly. You can think what you want of my "hahahahas" and assume what you will of me. I have fun and love the banter. One must admit, there is a lot of posts that have nothing to do with the OP's question. Including this one.

Cheers!

[Jonathan_S]

Yes typically after 7-8 pages you can expect a thread to not be airtight and on topic.  This is normal unless the topic is interesting 

I don't carry a "sidearm" for black bear.  I carry an additional weapon that I can legally hunt bears with.  I hunt archery from September through November.  Bear season is open for all of that.  Why in God's name would I want an underpowered and under-length (barrel) pistol that can only be legally used in self defense to dispatch a bear?

Calibers .357 and .44 magnum because they are better at killing bears.  If shot placement was all that mattered, I'd bring my Ruger Mk III .22lr

[magnumb]

Correction - XD45. I do not have an XDS45. You were close though, good job.

On that, I stand corrected....... . 

And....the rest....?

I enjoy your posts, so I have nothing negative to say towards you directly. You can think what you want of my "hahahahas" and assume what you will of me. I have fun and love the banter. One must admit, there is a lot of posts that have nothing to do with the OP's question. Including this one.

Cheers!
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You're right, but at the same time, it's also very obvious that the vast majority of members and their posts that don't have anything to do with the OP's post are not intentionally negative and disparaging towards other members.  Including this one.

Cheers!

[magnumb]

Yes typically after 7-8 pages you can expect a thread to not be airtight and on topic.  This is normal unless the topic is interesting 

I don't carry a "sidearm" for black bear.  I carry an additional weapon that I can legally hunt bears with.  I hunt archery from September through November.  Bear season is open for all of that.  Why in God's name would I want an underpowered and under-length (barrel) pistol that can only be legally used in self defense to dispatch a bear?

Calibers .357 and .44 magnum because they are better at killing bears.  If shot placement was all that mattered, I'd bring my Ruger Mk III .22lr

Either one fits the bill for me, as well........stoked appropriately.

My bull barrel MKII is a tack driver and has dispatched many a small mammal....even a few larger one's.

Good luck this season!

[Jonathan_S]

Yes typically after 7-8 pages you can expect a thread to not be airtight and on topic.  This is normal unless the topic is interesting 

I don't carry a "sidearm" for black bear.  I carry an additional weapon that I can legally hunt bears with.  I hunt archery from September through November.  Bear season is open for all of that.  Why in God's name would I want an underpowered and under-length (barrel) pistol that can only be legally used in self defense to dispatch a bear?

Calibers .357 and .44 magnum because they are better at killing bears.  If shot placement was all that mattered, I'd bring my Ruger Mk III .22lr

Either one fits the bill for me, as well........stoked appropriately.

My bull barrel MKII is a tack driver and has dispatched many a small mammal....even a few larger one's.

Good luck this season!

Cheers!