Alaska:Grizzly bear victim told .357 Magnum not enough gun.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

http://rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/111 ... zzly/full/

A 54 year old geologist was attacked by a grizzly bear.

His first shot from his .357 Magnum revolver was not effective,
possibly because he missed.

His 2nd and 3rd shots almost assuredly missed since he was badly
wounded by that time.

I wonder if he'll upgrade to a .44 Magnum, or start bringing a good rifle.

SIA

[Carry-a-Kimber]

Since he admittedly missed with all three shots, I don't see what good it would do to change calibers? The .357 wasn't ineffective because it was underpowered, it was ineffective because the shooter missed. Increasing firepower won't make Mr. Miller any more likely to defend himself against another bear if he can't place the shot.

[A-R]

Look here bear, this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off. So you just gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well do ya... punk?

[glbedd53]

I'm gonna say a .44 mag with a 2-1/2" barrel would have worked even if he had missed.

[karder]

When I was a boy, my father had a friend who was a retired border patrol agent. This gentlemen patrolled the El Paso sector from about 1940 to sometime in the late 1960's. He used to tell me some great stories, including one about how he had a confrontation with "the biggest Mexican I have ever seen" who had illegally crossed from Mexico "in August 1948, about 2 hours before sunset" as he would tell it. He said that there was a fight and he was knocked down. He told me he pulled his Colt .357 and fired three shots point blank at the man standing over him as he was on his back. He missed all three times. The man turned and started running, and the agent said he jumped up and fired three more rounds at him as he ran away (hey, it was a long time ago and rules were different). He said he missed all three of those shots too. He said that he had never been able to figure out how it was possible that he missed this guy, especially while he was standing over him, but he learned that when you are scared, your shooting skills go south really quick.

Now he told me that story a lot of times, and swore every word was true, but even if it was exaggerated, the moral of the story has always stuck with me. This bear story reminds me of it.

[TLE2]

Actually, I'm not sure if the guy had hit the grizzly with the 357, if it just wouldn't have annoyed the bear.

[Ldy AlliDu]

Sometimes you are toooo funny

[WarHawk-AVG]

Doesn't matter if he fired an AT-4 at the bear...if you miss...its less effective than a .22

There was a story going around where a guy used 9 .45ACP rounds to stop a bear...and all it did was make it wander off only to die about a 100 yards away...

[Oldgringo]

My guess is he bearly missed... or pawsed too long between shots and came to a horribilis end

Ok, ok, I'll get my coat....

Good job, Andy.

I wonder if the geologist should have a carried a RPG launcher or a Flame Thrower instead of a lowly .357 Magnum?

Well, at least he wasn't drinking in the bathroom of the local Post Office with his .357. Things could've really got bad if he was outed in those circumstances.