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Quote from: Jpmiller on April 10, 2020, 12:36:59 PMMy 9mm holds 15 in a standard mag. Not being any kind of veteran or policeman trained to and experienced in shooting where something is shooting or attacking back I like the comfort of knowing I have a few more chances. I've never felt under gunned and when I was in Wyoming with an outfitter whose guide had just been killed by a grizz he seemed to think my G19 was a fine companion.Trained police don't have a stellar record and that's against a guy who isn't running like a speeding train with a circulatory system that allows them to live several minutes after a heart shot. It's one of the reasons I carry spray for bears.QuoteKEY FINDINGSDonner and Popovich consider these results to be of significance:Incident-level accuracy: Among all 149 shootings studied, officers struck the suspect “with at least one round 54 percent of the time.” There was some fluctuation from year to year, but the overall prevailing trend was about a 50/50 split between hits and misses – “not very accurate,” the researchers note.Bullet-level accuracy: Here, officers fired 354 rounds at suspects. Half the officers “were entirely inaccurate,” including one who fired 23 misses! Overall, about one-third (35 percent) of all officers’ rounds hit the targeted suspect. Most of those who had “perfect marksmanship” fired only one round.
My 9mm holds 15 in a standard mag. Not being any kind of veteran or policeman trained to and experienced in shooting where something is shooting or attacking back I like the comfort of knowing I have a few more chances. I've never felt under gunned and when I was in Wyoming with an outfitter whose guide had just been killed by a grizz he seemed to think my G19 was a fine companion.
KEY FINDINGSDonner and Popovich consider these results to be of significance:Incident-level accuracy: Among all 149 shootings studied, officers struck the suspect “with at least one round 54 percent of the time.” There was some fluctuation from year to year, but the overall prevailing trend was about a 50/50 split between hits and misses – “not very accurate,” the researchers note.Bullet-level accuracy: Here, officers fired 354 rounds at suspects. Half the officers “were entirely inaccurate,” including one who fired 23 misses! Overall, about one-third (35 percent) of all officers’ rounds hit the targeted suspect. Most of those who had “perfect marksmanship” fired only one round.
Its true that there is a small % of people that have problems with bears. However there is plenty of members on here such as myself that have had problems with bears. I have had 2, I have posted pictures of one of the times I got charged by a sow. Another time I had to shoot to get a sow to stop coming for me. A member I think it was Wea300mag had to shoot at a bear that kept coming for him and he had pics or a video if I remember right. Heck Bone got mobbed by one and I think it was a single shot contender pistol that saved him with a bear on him. Another member had pics or a video of a bear that was aggressive and he shot at multiple times to get it to leave. Trust me it happens. The idea of probably wont happen is legit but in fact it does happen. There was a thread on here with people posting that had to actually use a firearm to stop a incident from happening. A large majority of the time its going to be a sow with cubs. The cubs often hide or go up a tree and mama doesn't just run and leave in the couple of times I have had bad encounters with bears.
hey guysso my buddy just got into hunting and he already wants to do an archery bear hunt this August. Not my first choice of a hunt but if it's to get my buddy into the sport I'm just happy he wants to do it. now before I ask this question, my first choice in sidearm would be a shaved hammer stainless 357 or 44 but I don't have one.only handgun I own is a 9mm taurus. with proper ammo like buffalo bore hard cast +P https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=388would a 9mm be an acceptable side arm? I am talking strictly for black bear in the casades, forget Alaska forget canada, I've spent enough time up there to know what works and what doesn't, but the critters here are smaller and not as agro.I am skeptical but curious none the less
First off..... how many people on here have ever been confronted by a Washington black bear? A very small percentage I bet. Second when around a black bear what has been your observations? Mine, well they want nothing to do with me.
I know someone who killed a 300 lb bear with .38’s in a 357 revolver, had little time to think about it. Bear didn’t go far, maybe 100 yards.
