Crossing Into Canada with a Firearm
Hi everyone: We are in the deep planning stages for a journey to Alaska, sometime in 2016. We plan to bring along a couple of firearms - a 9MM handgun and 12g shotgun. We have read, pretty much...
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The articles you cite were clearly composed by anti-gun authors with an agenda. They lack real data.
As you discovered a shotgun is a great noise maker, and 1200 pounds of energy will deter a bear, kill if the placement of the load is near a vital organ.
Their are right, nothing short of a cannon will stop a charging grizzlie, but I like my chances better with than without.
In case you don't know the world record grizzlie was killed with a .22 rimfire.
As you discovered a shotgun is a great noise maker, and 1200 pounds of energy will deter a bear, kill if the placement of the load is near a vital organ.
Their are right, nothing short of a cannon will stop a charging grizzlie, but I like my chances better with than without.
In case you don't know the world record grizzlie was killed with a .22 rimfire.
