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Marksmanship Matters | Dangerous Predators Stopped with Handguns
This link has many cases of bear stops with a handgun....[hat tip to Colby above] and good info [I think] on ammo with tests in the footnote. This article mirrors my comments on the subject that the ammo you are using is important.
I had many cases where big hogs at close range absorbed .357 hollow point 158gr bullets.....and it didn't stop them. I've seen and shot big hogs in the head at close range with the same bullet...with iffy results. I moved up to a .44 and had a case where I hit the hog in the head 2 out of 3 shots and he still charged past us in thick manzanita. This is decades ago and we didn't have the options we have today....but at the time the prevailing opinion was "use hollowpoints".
Whatever my pistol choice.....I'm convinced hardcast is the way to go and its a game changer.
This link has many cases of bear stops with a handgun....[hat tip to Colby above] and good info [I think] on ammo with tests in the footnote. This article mirrors my comments on the subject that the ammo you are using is important.
I had many cases where big hogs at close range absorbed .357 hollow point 158gr bullets.....and it didn't stop them. I've seen and shot big hogs in the head at close range with the same bullet...with iffy results. I moved up to a .44 and had a case where I hit the hog in the head 2 out of 3 shots and he still charged past us in thick manzanita. This is decades ago and we didn't have the options we have today....but at the time the prevailing opinion was "use hollowpoints".
Whatever my pistol choice.....I'm convinced hardcast is the way to go and its a game changer.