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What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« on: August 19, 2022, 12:10:56 PM »
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2022, 12:18:48 PM »
Bear Lives Matter
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2022, 12:36:01 PM »
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2022, 01:02:58 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on August 19, 2022, 12:10:56 PM
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/colorado-homeowner-emptied-pistol-to-kill-bear-that-broke-in/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR39_A8nU0mTlunDJ8F0KIRqjEZTvx9P4G-lIkKdi6oMYN-5eSt7dePASzw#Echobox=1660921460

A .40 caliber mag dump.

IIRC the bear that ate the guy in Alaska that like to live with them was killed with a .40 as it was charging. The ranger did say there was some luck involved, one round hit him in the eye and went to the brain.

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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2022, 12:19:35 AM »
I can’t remember where but I saw a study where they looked at bear attacks where the victim was able to fire at least 1 shot that hit the bear.  The conclusion was that, within limits, the caliber used is irrelevant to survival.  .22lr and comparable power levels were pretty ineffective but anything 9mm on up was pretty equally effective.
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2022, 07:47:33 PM »
the bear did not "break in" it opened an unlocked door!
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2022, 07:54:09 PM »
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2022, 08:42:28 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on August 20, 2022, 07:54:09 PM
It was a black bear

So you're saying it was a bear of color ...
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Re: What caliber for Colorado black bear?
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2022, 09:01:18 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on August 20, 2022, 07:54:09 PM
It was a black bear

Yeah, he wouldn't have done that if it had been a polar bear.
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