Checking a firearm?

[katanabob]

Well its a Ruger .45 Automatic with hollowpoint ammo, so I hope I dont meet the bear that is to big for that, thanks for the advice , though.

Hollowpoints are hardly bear-stopping rounds, considering the extremely low probability you'll get a clean vital shot and the almost-certain probability you'll tag a rib. Better choice? Full metal jacket flat nose. (They'll actually penetrate.) I'd go with +P rounds as well. (I carry the Buffalo Bore loads)

If you're in Anchorage, stop by Northern Security. There's at least one guy who has taken down a grizzly with a .45 and they'll be happy to set you up right. (They'll be happy to tell you about all kinds of failed attempts, as well)

 

[SOKO-JET]

The only real bear protection I used to carry when I lived up there was a Mossberg 500 with the 18.5 inch barrel. Load the first couple rounds with bird shot to blind 'em and the last 4 rounds with slugs. Just keep a sling on it and sling it behind your back. Back when I was foolish enough to rely on a handgun for bear defense I wouldn't step out there with anything less then a ruger redhawk .44 mag. Make it a wheel gun too in the arctic. Lots of semi autos had a tendency to break when the temps got too low. A buddy of mine was a guide on Kodiac Island and he carried either a desert eagle .50 or a .454 cassul (sp?). Now that was a mans gun. If I was going back there tomorrow I'd use it an an excuse to pick up S&W's new 500.

 

[atrdriver]

But it might slow down the other guy so you have a chance to get away.

FJ

Now that's funny...I don't care who you are...:laugh:

 

[FN FAL]

Now that's funny...I don't care who you are...:laugh:

don't laugh, it is also the same reason that divers carry a knife.

That way if you see a shark, you stick your buddy in the leg and then swim in the opposite direction.

 

[SOKO-JET]

Ok, if you like that one then here is another old Alaska firearms joke for you. Before you take that .45 out into the wilderness with you, make sure you file the front sight off it. That way when the griz takes it from you and sticks it up your a$$ it won't hurt so bad.