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Wyoming Grizzly Bear Attack Stopped with 44 Magnum Revolver
AmmoLand ^ | December 19, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/22/2023 4:10:37 AM PST by marktwain

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To: Brooklyn Attitude

The only photo I see of the holster shows it empty. Anyway, regardless of the make of the holster or whether it completely covered the trigger, I still say the first unintentional cocking should have been reason in itself to quit using that holster.


41 posted on 12/22/2023 7:54:26 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

If you are on a PC go to the original picture in the article, press and hold the “ctrl” key on your keyboard and scroll up with your mouse wheel. It will enlarge the picture. If you are on a Mac, I can’t help.


42 posted on 12/22/2023 8:28:05 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Socon-Econ

Get cartridges with hard cast bullets, not hollow points. Hardcast should be used no matter what caliber handgun. Shot placement is very important. While 357 is not optimum it is capable for the task.


43 posted on 12/22/2023 8:36:20 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: marktwain

I’m surprised this thread hasn’t brought out the “..shoulda had a 10mm..” crowd.


44 posted on 12/22/2023 8:46:10 AM PST by eastexsteve
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To: know.your.why

nice

up for post of the day


45 posted on 12/22/2023 8:47:51 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

I don’t see it anywhere in any of the 4 photos in the article, even at 500%. Which picture, and where in the picture?


46 posted on 12/22/2023 8:52:23 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: marktwain
He clearly states his reason for having an empty cylinder in the article...I know, I know..
He had found the pistol before to have been accidentally cocked while he carried it. The empty cylinder was the cylinder that would rotate into firing position when the gun was cocked in case the accidental cocking happened again. If it was accidentally cocked and a twig or something tripped the trigger, the hammer would fall on an empty cylinder.
An ounce of prevention.
47 posted on 12/22/2023 9:08:03 AM PST by skimbell
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

It’s the middle picture with the holster on the far right. I can see it easily at 400%. You can see the black outline of the trigger guard against the brown of the holster and part of he trigger.


48 posted on 12/22/2023 9:33:09 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

OK, I see what you’re talking about, the wear of the trigger and guard on the inside of the holster. I also did a more careful comparison of the gun’s trigger location in relation to the cylinder, and you’re right, it appears that that holster exposes the trigger and only covers maybe the front part of the trigger guard. Glad we got that settled, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.


49 posted on 12/22/2023 9:46:01 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: OKSooner

I don’t know but if it was me I’d figure out how that hammer was getting eared back...right pronto!


50 posted on 12/22/2023 9:52:57 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: marktwain

Looking at my Bianchi #5BH with it’s 4”
Ruger Match Champion which I’ve carried
with Hardcast and to think it Might get Cocked without my knowledge is ludicrous.
The Trigger is fully exposed But I’ll
Never leave Out a cartridge.
It’s a very tight Rig with a strong thumb break. .Bow Hunter’s are Special.


51 posted on 12/22/2023 11:07:20 AM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: marktwain

This guy has nerves of steele and icecwater for blood!


52 posted on 12/22/2023 11:11:44 AM PST by ZULU (DUMP RONA ROMNEY MCDANIELS!!!)
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To: Bonemaker

Yuppers!
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I’m thinking He is Not carrying BIANCHI.


53 posted on 12/22/2023 11:22:25 AM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: marktwain

Del Zysloft from near bloomsburge PA shot an 800 lb black bear many years ago. When asked how many bullets he used to kill the bear he said “all of them.” I think he had a 30-06.


54 posted on 12/22/2023 4:10:52 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: marktwain

And i have a .44 magnum taurus that i have a very nice custom holster for the purpose of protection in the woods while turkey hunting. And i was not really scared of the turkeys. Saw bear scat and a killing field of what looked like the remains of a deer on top of the mountain. (blue mountain, PA) not really a mountain.


55 posted on 12/22/2023 4:14:22 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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