Glock model 20 10mm to stop the charging grizzly bear

[smithers599]

You don't need no steenkin' 10mm! .38 Special is plenty!

https://www.ammoland.com/2022/02/38-spe ... z7oEZDpaQ5

[Boriqua]

You don't need no steenkin' 10mm! .38 Special is plenty!

https://www.ammoland.com/2022/02/38-spe ... z7oEZDpaQ5

Wild story. I wonder how they recovered the brass at the scene. Guess Hunter 1 reloaded just in case.

[delta6]

Interesting video...not definitive, but plenty to think about.

[Boriqua]

Interesting video...not definitive, but plenty to think about.

Cool video and I loved his set up but I just wish he would have given us the information on what ammo he was using. when I had my 10's there was some factory target ammo I purchased that was pretty soft. I actually loaded my own target rounds with a little more Umph.

[Suck My Glock]

You don't need no steenkin' 10mm! .38 Special is plenty!

https://www.ammoland.com/2022/02/38-spe ... z7oEZDpaQ5

As always, shot placement is paramount. The old adage; a .22 in the eye is more effective than a .44 in the toe.


I carry a G20 in bear country because I can hit with it in controlled rapidity, whether at bears or people. My load I carry in such places is the old hard-to find 200 grain Black Talons. Not because I ever believed any of that hype about them from 30 years ago, but because its a reliable expander that penetrates deeply, in either animal. On the street with only 2-legged predators, I carry 135 grain CorBons, which absolutely detonate after 3 inches.

If our bears here in AZ were grizzlys, I might feel compelled to look at a .44mag or .45LC revolver.

A pilot friend who prospects in Alaska during the summer just simply carries a 1911 Lightweight Commander with plain old 230 grain FMJ. For him, it's a nice lightweight popper that isn't as heavy as a massive revolver, and he has carried and shot that thing for decades and it is part of him. He can mag-dump it into the A-zone on an IPSC target in under 3 seconds at 15 yards. He figures if 8 round of .45acp ball in 3 seconds doesn't get it done,...he deserves to get eaten.