Bear Spray for Wyoming Hiking (non-grizzly)

[The Heretic]

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I don't know much about it but I always thought a 12.5" .308 sbr would be a handy gun for bear defense. Velocity loss of a 12.5" compared a 16" .308 is 9%. 1900ish ft lb of energy for 12.5".

 

[The Heretic]

I don't know much about it but I always thought a 12.5" .308 sbr would be a handy gun for bear defense. Velocity loss of a 12.5" compared a 16" .308 is 9%. 1900ish ft lb of energy for 12.5".

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Re small gun bear protection, I saw this video of a 10mm Glock 40 with b&T usw. Seems like a good wearable bear protection gun if using hard cast bullets. They do make a holster for these but carrying in a holster looks a bit cumbersome to my eye (have not tried it). Around the shoulder or in a pocket or small pack would work. My 9mm version fits in the inside pocket of a regular fleece jacket fwiw.

Mag dump of 30 rounds (which is like 18,000 ft lb of energy or so):

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• ilikegunspdx
• Dec 26, 2023

Also great video imo about differences between coastal browns and interior grizzlies and handguns that work for bear: