Apr 29, 2019
SHOW NOTES:
• Three different needs: Hunting, Guiding, & Defense
• Two primary species: Black bear & Grizzly/brown bear
• Firearms, cartridges, & bullets for each need & each species
• Black bears & the "deer cartridge myth"
• Bears & age: size, tenacity, physiology, and mentality
• Tony Russ's 16 points for shooting bears (quoted)
• Backup guns for guides: When stopping, not just killing, is necessary
• Self Defense against bears: rifles, shotguns, & handguns
• The Big-Bore Revolver vs. 10mm Semiauto Pistol debate
• Bear attack & survival true stories & lessons learned
RESOURCES:
Bryce Towsley speed-shooting big-bore revolver video: https://www.americanhunter.org/.../video-the-454-casull.../
.45-70 Lever-action Trapper: https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1895-big-bore/model-1895-trapper
.416 Ruger Guide Rifle: https://www.ruger.com/products/guideGun/models.html
.480 Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley: https://www.ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkBisley/models.html
Kimber 10mm 1911: https://www.kimberamerica.com/custom-tle-rl-ii-tfs
Glock 10mm G20: https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g20-gen4
Springfield 10mm XD(m): https://www.springfield-armory.com/products/xdm-4-5-10mm/