I’ve never considered carrying a holster on a backpack waistbelt. Makes perfect sense.
“The hunter carried the revolver with an empty chamber in the first position to come under the hammer when the revolver is cocked because he had encountered situations where he had found the hammer unintentionally cocked when carried in that holster.”
Time for a new holster, one with a retention strap that prevents the hammer from accidentally cocking.
He is lucky he was not carrying his gun inside his back pack as I have known some to do. Sort of like a woman carrying a self defense gun in her purse (where she can never find anything).
Still unclear as to what happened. Never owned a Colt but assume it works like a Smith other than rotating backwards. Artical says grip was two handed suggesting DA mode, but regardless of SA or DA it should have advanced the cylinder one chamber. So he had it on a live round and advanced it to an empty chamber?
“Wyoming Grizzly Bear Attack Stopped with 44 Magnum Revolver”
Did he throw it at the bear?.......................
Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski’s candy store.
That went out with the newer Peacemakers. How the hell could the thing get cocked holstering it?
I guess the bear felt lucky and tested it.
"..the Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming sent a letter to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Office of Law Enforcement in Lander, Wyoming, officially declining prosecution in the Paint Creek grizzly bear shooting."
How long before reporting an encounter like this gets you jail time?
His holster had previously accidentally cocked his gun, so he had the empty chamber for safety. That allowed time for the bear to get right on him.
Sounds like he needed a different weapon or holster.
In early summer of 2007, my wife and I, along with another couple, were on Goldwing motorcycles touring the western USA. We both were towing small MC trailers.
We were traveling thru Yellowstone NP on our way to West Yellowstone, Montana to spend the night. I was the lead bike that day. At one point, I saw two bears coming up out of the woods from my right side. I radioed my friend who was about 1/8 mile behind me that they were there and on the move. When he past the bears, he had to swerve a little bit to miss em. The bigger one took a swipe at em. The bear managed to just hit the back of his trailer, knocking it kinda sideways, but they managed to stay up.
When we got to the lodge, we looked his trailer over. Deep claw marks were gouged into the fiberglass.....these were never just gonna “buff out”.
We were fortunate that day, but we gained a healthy respect for western wildlife.
It was definitely a trip of a lifetime.
Did the gun have a five or six round cylinder? Only four rounds available seems risky.
I have a .357 Magnum revolver. Is that enough to stop a bear?
“Carrying the revolver with an empty chamber proved to be very dangerous.”
Two empty?
I’m surprised this thread hasn’t brought out the “..shoulda had a 10mm..” crowd.
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.
This guy has nerves of steele and icecwater for blood!