Posted by .p.jm on February 18, 2008, 12:59 pm
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:44:18 -0800, "Thumper"
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:29:20 -0500, "J. Clarke"
>>>
>>>>P. Roehling wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The .45 definitely will definitely take care of people. I'm just
>>>>>> curious about the nasty animals.
>>>>>
>>>>> There probably isn't a handgun on the planet that will reliably drop
>>>>> a 1,000 lb. + grizzly bear with one shot unless you're cool -and
>>>>> close, and lucky- enough to make a successful brain or spine shot on
>>>>> the first try...
>>>>
>>>>Will a handgun of any kind penetrate a bear's skull reliably from the
>>>>front? Looks to me like it's nice sloped armor.
>>>
>>> When I used to go backpacking, I routinely carried a handgun. I
>>> thought of it as a noisemaker -- bears don't like loud noises, and can
>>> be discouraged if they aren't already angry of defensive. Be careful,
>>> however, not to hit the bear. This will make him angry.
>>>
>> A woman did just what you mentioned a few summers back in Eagle River up
>> here. A grizzly came out of th woods, the mother and her two kids walked
>> out into the river, but after awhile the mother fired a few shots and
>> scared the bear off.
>>
>> Here's a really good story about a lucky shot -
>> http://www.remodeling.hw.net/industry-news.asp?sectionID 3&articleIDC7798
>>
>> Here's the Treadwell story. A trooper shot a bear twelve times with a
>> pistol before it went down.
>> http://www.tonyrogers.com/humor/ak_bearattack/index.htm
>>
>> Robert
>>
>That story is unbearable.
>(please don't hit me with a pan).
>Thumper
How about a big stick ? Does that give you paws ?
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Posted by Turby on February 18, 2008, 1:25 pm
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:44:18 -0800, "Thumper"
>>
>>
>> Here's the Treadwell story. A trooper shot a bear twelve times with a
>> pistol before it went down.
>> http://www.tonyrogers.com/humor/ak_bearattack/index.htm
>>
>That story is unbearable.
>(please don't hit me with a pan).
Check out Werner Herzog's documentary about Treadwell, Grizzly Man.
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Posted by Thumper on February 18, 2008, 12:46 pm
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:29:20 -0500, "J. Clarke"
>>P. Roehling wrote:
>>>
>>>> The .45 definitely will definitely take care of people. I'm just
>>>> curious about the nasty animals.
>>>
>>> There probably isn't a handgun on the planet that will reliably drop
>>> a 1,000 lb. + grizzly bear with one shot unless you're cool -and
>>> close, and lucky- enough to make a successful brain or spine shot on
>>> the first try...
>>
>>Will a handgun of any kind penetrate a bear's skull reliably from the
>>front? Looks to me like it's nice sloped armor.
> When I lived in the Yukon I talked to a guy who had shot a grizzley in
> the head with a .357 magnum. The bear didn't go down and they got him
> later, using a rifle. When they examined the bear the found a crease
> from the bullet, going half way round the bear's skull, under the skin
> and exiting at the back. The bullet never even got through the skull.
Steven King called that the flexible bullet.
T.
Posted by .p.jm on February 19, 2008, 2:44 pm
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:27:52 -0700, "Bob Myers"
>>
>> .44 mag minimum. THAT'S a real gun. ;)
>>
>Wow, just flashed on that great scene from
>"Crocodile Dundee" ("Oh, THAT'S not a knife
>.....THIS is a knife!") :-)
>Bob M.
Or the eternal " (grab ) You're not a Sheila ! "
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Posted by Bob Myers on February 19, 2008, 3:23 pm
>>Wow, just flashed on that great scene from
>>"Crocodile Dundee" ("Oh, THAT'S not a knife
>>.....THIS is a knife!") :-)
>>
>>Bob M.
>>
> Or the eternal " (grab ) You're not a Sheila ! "
Truly, an underappreciated cinematic gem. The
sequels went downhill from there pretty fast, though.
Whatever happened to Paul Hogan?
Bob M.
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>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:29:20 -0500, "J. Clarke"
>>>
>>>>P. Roehling wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The .45 definitely will definitely take care of people. I'm just
>>>>>> curious about the nasty animals.
>>>>>
>>>>> There probably isn't a handgun on the planet that will reliably drop
>>>>> a 1,000 lb. + grizzly bear with one shot unless you're cool -and
>>>>> close, and lucky- enough to make a successful brain or spine shot on
>>>>> the first try...
>>>>
>>>>Will a handgun of any kind penetrate a bear's skull reliably from the
>>>>front? Looks to me like it's nice sloped armor.
>>>
>>> When I used to go backpacking, I routinely carried a handgun. I
>>> thought of it as a noisemaker -- bears don't like loud noises, and can
>>> be discouraged if they aren't already angry of defensive. Be careful,
>>> however, not to hit the bear. This will make him angry.
>>>
>> A woman did just what you mentioned a few summers back in Eagle River up
>> here. A grizzly came out of th woods, the mother and her two kids walked
>> out into the river, but after awhile the mother fired a few shots and
>> scared the bear off.
>>
>> Here's a really good story about a lucky shot -
>> http://www.remodeling.hw.net/industry-news.asp?sectionID 3&articleIDC7798
>>
>> Here's the Treadwell story. A trooper shot a bear twelve times with a
>> pistol before it went down.
>> http://www.tonyrogers.com/humor/ak_bearattack/index.htm
>>
>> Robert
>>
>That story is unbearable.
>(please don't hit me with a pan).
>Thumper