Soldotna mans brush with bear too close for comfort [drops grizzly with Ruger .454 -- MUST-SEE]

Peninsula Clarion ^ | 8/7/09 | Joseph Robertia

[NewJerseyJoe]

Last Sunday a fourth brown bear for the year was killed in a defense of life and property (DLP) shooting, and there is no mistaking that it was the former, not the latter, that was on the line for the man who shot it.

[Vinnie]

Looks from the pics like he hit it in the lower jaw maybe?

IIRC that is the aim point on a charging bear.
If you aim for the upper skull you miss the brain because of their structure. Or the bullet merely ricochets off the severely sloped skull.
Jaw shot goes straight to the brain, providing the bullet has the horsepower to get there.

[kanawa]

This fellow’s bear makes mine look like a cub!

[bert]

Brownie, Kodiack, grizzley

It has been determined that all three are in fact the same species.

Brown is the preferred name now.. ... especially in Alaska

Not to confuse the issue, but many Alaskan Black bears are colored brown

[Centurion2000]

Stand next to someone shooting a .454 with all the hearing protection you want and you’ll still never forget it. Loud doesn’t even come close to the sound those things make.

I love mine so much I even learned to reload for it.
Nothing like having a pistol with the ballistics performance of a Sharps Buffalo Rifle (405 gr bullet, 1100+ fps)