10mm good for Black bear defense

[John from MD]

Get a Glock 20 with a Kriss Vector extension and you’ll have 30 rds of 10mm ammo on you ready to go.
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That's a bear trap if I ever saw one.

 

[arbud]

Well that is long. Does it run flawlessly. The mag. It almost sounded like what my girlfiend said on our first date

 

[Alan3413]

Watch out for the AZ cougars as they may be CA transplants.

10mm WILL NOT do the job to put them down.

Yes but they'll go down for a big Glock

 

[John from MD]

Well that is long. Does it run flawlessly. The mag. It almost sounded like what my girlfiend said on our first date

 

[Ammo Jon]

Well that is long. Does it run flawlessly. The mag. It almost sounded like what my girlfiend said on our first date

Mine do, I have them in 9/45/10 and they all run just fine. Plus I can keep my backup mag at 12 o’clock position and nothing looks out of place.

 

[RRomig]

Considering I shot 17 rubber 12 ga slugs at bears last summer and am still alive, yeah, 10mm is plenty

You should be on call for the bay bridge.
I’ve only come across black bears a few times in the woods and once on my deck. Each time they were way more freaked out than me. I do always carry a pistol back up when bow hunting in bear territory though. 10mm or 44 mag.

 

[SkiPatrolDude]

Bear spray is something like 98% effective. Statistically more effective than using a firearm in-fact.

That said, nothing wrong with carrying a firearm for bear defense, but you should really explore the facts of actual use-cases and make an objective decision from there.

I carried both when backpacking in Montana. If I could only choose one when it came to residential protection, I would choose bear spray since I can keep it in the car, by the front door, etc, at all times.

 

[ChrisD]

For black bears, 10mm is sufficient. Buffalo bore or Underwood hard cast boolits.
I have a 10mm that I carry when in WV mountains. Prior to picking up the 10, I utilized a 357 for same. Even with the 357, with hard cast, I felt it was sufficient. Fortunately I have not had to test my theory though. I have had two close encounters with black bears, one at 5 yards, the other about 10 yards. Neither time did they act in an aggressive manner. On the 5 yard encounter, the bear got out of Dodge as quick as he could. The 10 yard encounter, the bear just turned and went back the way he came from.

 

[RRomig]

Bear spray is something like 98% effective. Statistically more effective than using a firearm in-fact.

That said, nothing wrong with carrying a firearm for bear defense, but you should really explore the facts of actual use-cases and make an objective decision from there.

I carried both when backpacking in Montana. If I could only choose one when it came to residential protection, I would choose bear spray since I can keep it in the car, by the front door, etc, at all times.

They have probably gotten better over the years but the size of bear spray was a deterrent for me.

 

[Moonlighter]

Bear spray is something like 98% effective. Statistically more effective than using a firearm in-fact.

That said, nothing wrong with carrying a firearm for bear defense, but you should really explore the facts of actual use-cases and make an objective decision from there.

I carried both when backpacking in Montana. If I could only choose one when it came to residential protection, I would choose bear spray since I can keep it in the car, by the front door, etc, at all times.

I have a pretty strong bear phobia. Personally, I wouldn't go into bear country with spray alone. I'd still be nervous with spray, a .44 mag, and a 10mm.

 

[SkiPatrolDude]

I have a pretty strong bear phobia. Personally, I wouldn't go into bear country with spray alone. I'd still be nervous with spray, a .44 mag, and a 10mm.

We had a very large and inquisitive black bear in our camp on our last night in Glacier. At one point it's nose poked in under my rain fly. I was sweating bullets and had my Glock 20 and bear spray at the ready (bear spray with my wife). Luckily it showed no aggression and was just looking for food (which was hung about 100 meters away).

The only thing that kept me from absolutely losing my sh*t is that we were warned about this black bear and that it *so far* hadn't caused any issues. It was still an unpleasant experience.

We saw a number of bears that trip, including two very large grizzlies across the valley, but that was the closest encounter we had.

 

[johnkn]

I carry a life-size picture of Nancy Pelosi.

No self respecting bear would come within a hundred feet.

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[Ammo Jon]

With bears just play dead, they have a refined palette or offer it a line of cocaine.

 

[teratos]

With bears just play dead, they have a refined palette or offer it a line of cocaine.

Can't wait to see that movie.

 

[308Scout]

Can't wait to see that movie.

10 more days!

 

[Biggfoot44]

Another thing to consider is that my understanding of Florida Black Bears is that they are on the smaller size.

A small bear , is still big .

 

[Biggfoot44]

Yes Bud ( who literally is the OP of this thread :

A ( standard size ) 10mm , with at least " mainstream full power " ammo , will be reasonably adaquate for Anti Yogi duty , within the context of non handcannon pistols .

Yes , options are good , feel free to have spray , whistles , etc Also if you wish .

Fla is a Shall Issue state , no reason to not be armed as a general course . Even if more likely to be in danger from human felons , in areas where they potentially overlap , I'm more confident in dealing with pot growers and clandestine meth cookers with a .44 or .45 , than dealing with a bear with a 9mm or .38 .

 

[Boats]

10mm is adequate. It's my go-to for being in bear country. Take a look at the Underwood Xtreme Penetrators.

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was just gonna recommend this

 

[llkoolkeg]

I wonder if the mighty 10mm would be sufficient to stop Cocaine Bear, assuming he is Brown or Grizzly. I would trust only the S&W500 for Cocaine Polar Bear, though.

 

[Bullfrog]

Fla is a Shall Issue state , no reason to not be armed as a general course . Even if more likely to be in danger from human felons , in areas where they potentially overlap , I'm more confident in dealing with pot growers and clandestine meth cookers with a .44 or .45 , than dealing with a bear with a 9mm or .38 .

@clandestine does what??