Best Bear gun?

Wonderdog · Post by **Wonderdog** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:29 pm

I am sleeping beside a Model 1300 Winchester, 190 miles north of YZF and it always services it's purpose, only as a last resort.
SMcL.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:21 am

This time of year.....you maybe should find something a little softer and warmer to sleep with?

LH · Post by LH » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:09 pm

A .12 Ga pump loaded with SSG. Unless he's a Polar bear, that'll do the job just fine.

Apollo · Post by **Apollo** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:11 pm

Who needs guns when you've got 'nades

(l) Black Market.

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:56 am

I pack a 1300 winchester withs slugs and buck shot when guiding backpacking trips. With a pistol grip and an 18" barrel its fairly compact and packs a punch and its also not restricted.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:41 pm

I tried a 1300 with a pistol grip.....couldn't choke the chicken for a week!!

ragbagflyer · Post by **ragbagflyer** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:14 pm

hey Doc, for your sake I hope that your "chicken" isn't as weak and flimsy as your wrist obviously is.

Brewguy · Post by **Brewguy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:08 pm

A Lee Enfield 303 should work quite well... but it only takes a couple of rounds to give your shoulder a nice bruise.

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:19 am

get a folder for any of the popular shotguns, shorter in the plane, and more useful than the pistol grip as always unfold the stock, if you have time
http://www.combatstocks.com/images/bc_700moss.jpg

Neil, learn to pull the buttstock to your shoulder tighter then roll with the blow. either that or spend the 20$ for a slip on recoil pad.

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:16 pm

Rigpiggy is right. With proper technique, a .303 shouldn't be giving you problems with excessive recoil. It's not exactly an elephant gun, ya know?

Brewguy · Post by **Brewguy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:27 pm

What I should have said was "The first couple of times you fire one..."

I haven't had any problem with that in years, but the 303 was the first rifle I ever fired; and at the time, it hurt like heck!

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:38 pm

I can see how it would sting the first coupla times if you didn't get the right instruction on technique.

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:21 pm

I usually find a Ruger Mk II to be a decent bear gun... easy to pack, ammo is very cheap, and it holds 10 rounds.

Really though I only need one round, because I just shoot the bear in the left eye. Or from a side profile, in the ear. Then I of course hop into my airplane and perfectly fly it away.....

Or... on the other side of the insane coin, I just use a SAW with a 200 round clip.... after a full clip into a griz you don't even have to skin him, there's not much skin left.....

Anti

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:03 am

ANM, the SAW249 uses a 200 round disintegrating link belt, or the 30 rd M16 magazine. The magazine isn't too reliable due to reduced drag on the operating mechanism allowing the cyclic rate to increase markedly. Thereby causing the bolt too override the ammo as it can't rise fast enough.

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:29 am

Look Everyone!!!

Someone thought I was serious!

This is too much

B18rules · Post by **B18rules** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:18 pm

12 gauge pump with slugs excellent to 25 yards and enormous hole also can be found cheap so who cares if your garbage leaks on it

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:05 pm

anm, I knew you weren't serious, just misinformed

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:22 pm

ragbagflyer....thanks for the concern for my chicken. He's not as good as he once was. But, he's as good once as he ever was!

buck82 · Post by **buck82** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:21 pm

Anyone have experience with RPG's? Guess if you got the bear far enough off it might work... but then that wouldn't be protecting yourself would it... that'd be poaching.

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:39 am

Use a 84mm RCL HE round. An RPG won't give you the kind of effect you're looking for, and probably won't detonate effectively against the bear unless you tamper with the fuzing.

The 84mm round will make a much bigger hole.

buck82 · Post by **buck82** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:22 pm

Ahhh, thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to have the ME list updated to include one of those. Sure would be funny to see if transport would approve one.

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:00 pm

Tell them that you're using for firing signal rounds. You know, parachute flares and the like. There might even be parachute rounds out there for the 84mm.

If not, tell them that it is a "big game rifle".

It's big. It's rifled.

buck82 · Post by **buck82** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:12 pm

Yeah I don't know about the parachute thing.. they may get confused and demand I either have a designated drop zone or file a notam 24hrs prior to releasing any.

geesh this is going downhill

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:13 pm

I think it bottomed out about the time that somebody suggested an SKS as a bear rifle. We're just maintaining that trend. At least we have a pic!

fredoqc · Post by **fredoqc** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:42 pm

cheapest brand new 12G around:

http://www.sirmailorder.ca/show_prod.ph ... 73a7533ad5

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