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My Brother-in-law who lived in Alaska, was on a float plane trip fishing with a bush pilot friend. They fed all of their Salmon to a Grizzly bear one at a time while they retreated to the float plane. My BIL said the .357 in his hand seemed way too small for that bear! everyone lived but the fish, but he carried a .44mag after that!I don't know how much of this story is truth and how much is marketing, but there was a famous story about a priest who went to the Aluetian's in the 30's (to whip a little religion on the natives) and wanted to take some protection with him.
LGS suggested the then -new .357 Mag (which, in those days, meant S&W N-Frame, replete with the most luxurious bluing job any human has ever witnessed).
When a giant polar bear started raiding the garbage dump of the village the priest lived in, and then the villagers, it is said he dispatched the bear with the .357.
I believe S&W used that story to help advertise the power of their .357 revolver, back in the early days.
....of course, an indigenous Canadian shot a 1000 lb. Grizzly with a .22 Long, too.