A friend sent me this link, referencing where noted bear guide Phil Shoemaker, stopped a brown bear on the AK Peninsula with a DAO S&W 9mm:
See Shoemaker stopping bear with 9mm!
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthr...ics/11329740/4
tion: 9mm, 40 S&W, 45 ACP? [Re: bwinters]
458Win Offline
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Registered: 01/05/05
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Loc: AK peninsula
In the past 33 years of living and guiding on the Alaska peninsula from our families homestead I have never had to kill a bear in defense of live or property. DLP as the state refers to it.
Two days ago I was guiding a married couple and we bumped into a bear at close range on our way to the fishing stream. We yelled and it ran but circled around and then charged. The couple were 10 or 12 feet behind me and the bear came out of the brush so close it was within 3 feet of my clients before I could shoot. They both intentionally fell to the ground just before I shot the bear behind the shoulder. It immediately spun and I continued shooting, all the while keeping the position of my clients in perspective. After six quick hits the bear turned and ran 20 yards and died .
We were planning on a quick couple hours of fishing and rather than packing my normal S&W 44 Mtn gun I was packing a S&W 3953 dao auto with 147 gr Buffalo Bore 9mm ammo.
Edited by 458Win (07/23/16)
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