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Honestly I don’t think it matters too much to the bear
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 11:34

But if it helps you when all the hair on your neck goes straight up… I know lots of guys that choose any of several Glock 10mm. Not bad if you use a premium heavy loaded ammo. Most factory 10mm are weak, .40 S&W +P.

I loaded some 10mm 230 gr. at 1200 fps (6) G20. Ditto a special G21 in .45 Super. Anything less is just light. I’d do a normal .45 ACP with ball ammo, but I really wouldn’t like it as much. 13-shots or no. We have a big HK that shoots nice.

Any revolver that starts with a .4, shoots a 200+ gr. bullet at 1200 fps, is as good as any. George in AK told me you’ll only get one shot, if you are lucky, in a genuine Bear charge. I like penetration, period. My personal big gun is a .510 GNR with 370 gr. FPGC. In the #6 chassis it’s all I can barely hang onto. I have a 4” Redhawk in .45 Colt that works very well too, with hotter than factory ammo. Lots of “experts” say a 12 ga. pump with premium slugs is what you really want. That sounds good to me. The little Kel-tec 14-shot bull-pup pump sounds great to me. But I find them a bit unwieldy to mount and shoot quickly. An old 870 or Mossberg 500 Turkey gun suits me.