opinion on a 44mag

[hornett22]

I like 45 colt over 44 mag all day long but the 44 has it beat for availability. You may find 45 cowboy loads at the store but finding the loaded at 44 mag performance not so likely.

[Guest pseshooter300]

Thanks for all the info may consider bear spray to defiantly gonna fire a bunch of rounds through which ever pistol I go with. How effective would a 10mm be on black bears around here I know most bears around here are terrified of people but you never know

[Guest chrisdridley]

How effective would a 10mm be on black bears around here I know most bears around here are terrified of people but you never know

A 10 mm should work fine in our area.

The black bears I have hunted/killed in Tennessee and North Carolina do not even come close to a grizzly. Weight, muscle mass, size, attitude....our black bears will run from human contact unless cornered.....a grizzly will run toward you just to get a new chew toy. The big difference is that with black bears, you are still on top of the food chain....with the grizzly, you aren't.

[Jonnin]

I like 45 colt over 44 mag all day long but the 44 has it beat for availability. You may find 45 cowboy loads at the store but finding the loaded at 44 mag performance not so likely.

And you will not, because not every .45 pistol made since 1860 or whenever can withstand that. The better modern ones can, but the ammo company has to keep to what the worst/oldest gun can handle, which means... cowboy loads. You can load a 9mm up to "magnum" levels too, with say A #2 powder at 7 - 8 grains, but you won't find that on the shelf either because it would break most pistols after a few shots.

[1gewehr]

Eastern Black Bear are nowhere near as dangerous or tough as a Brown or Grizzly. Many years ago, I knew an old coot in Western NC who claimed that he used a .38Spl Colt revolver to poach Black Bear. He said he rarely had to shoot more than 10 yards, and the sound of the .38 didn't carry very far. Lots of Black Bears have been hunted with .357 revolvers.

[Guest pseshooter300]

I have killed one bear and that was this year and after that I kinda thought it might be a good idea to carry a pistol for emergency situations during bow season. Plus going out west you never know.

[Good_Steward]

I was getting ready to recommend the Rugers.

Ding Ding Ding! Ruger Super Redhawk. Fantastic firearm..

[Patton]

With Black bear you would be more than adequately armed with a 10mm.

[Guest pseshooter300]

Never really checked is 10mm ammo pretty easy to find what is average price for ammo?

[Jonnin]

Never really checked is 10mm ammo pretty easy to find what is average price for ammo?

moderately easy. The smallest stores will not have it. Its pricy, as much as $25 / 50 and even more for defensive ammo. Actually defense ammo probably normals out at the standard buck a round levels of every other caliber.

[hornett22]

You can find Cor bon and Buffalo Bore at places like Bass Pro and Cabelas but that's about it.

[Patton]

Are you going to Grizzly country or just black bear country?

[dlm37015]

in alaska all the kroger stores carry 10 mm in alaska the kroger stores are fred meyer kinda like super walmart

[Guest pseshooter300]

As far as going into grizzly country not at the moment but it is possible that I could in the future depending on the unit I draw on one of the hunts and if that happens I will probably defiantly get a 44 to carry along on that hunt but mainly I'm looking for a pistol for the black bear country around here if I needed it. I'm guessing a 10mm would be fine for black bear around here. Gonna do some checking on prices sometime this week.