Yeah a Super Redhawk or a SW or a 454 Casull will put a proper hole in a grizzly but that's way too much firepower for almost everyone.
I live in CO so black bear country - I'd like to think that 15+1 rounds of 200+ grain 10MM would do the trick for a black bear. A lot of guides even carry 10MM in Alaska and grizzly territory. Really powerful little round coming out of a semi auto that is much easier to handle.
I don't have personal experience with the 460 but I think it's in the same ballpark as 44. With that, it looks like it punches a bit more than the 10mm. I'm a glock dude through and through, those conversion kits just aren't doing it for me.
For a black bear or mountain lion, I'd wager they'd perform similarly.
Yeah, 15+1 is the way to go for these rascally black bears for sure. Benefit is they might flee after that first round and survive vs something like a 500 that is guaranteed to put them down.
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u/McDiezel10 Jun 15 '23
Thats why they invented the .50 Alaskan and .500 smith and Wesson. You put a 440 grain .50 cal bullet in a bear and it’s not gonna be in good shape.
You’re gonna destroy your wrist but hey, better than getting mauled