Posted on 10/02/2015 6:34:24 AM PDT by SJackson
His first mistake was not having one in the pipe. He was just carrying an expensive paperweight.
Don’t go in the deep woods unarmed. Anywhere. You’re made of meat. Nice that our conservation efforts have been rewarded with increase risk to life.
Possible, though a blood trail was found. And knowing the local DNR, they’ll be doing DNA. As to the description of the “action”, could be. Attacks on humans are pretty rare, and there’s plenty of food around now. But they happen.
If there was a gun i would want its something with the 5.7 or as they call it the 5nSeven, basically a small rifle round in a pistol. Plus 22 rounds.
“Color me skeptical.”
Same here.
More than likely he shot a wolf then made up the story as a CYA because it’s probably illegal to shoot wolves.
I'll second that.
Not many wolves here in DuPage County, but plenty of coyotes. If anything like the coyotes, I find it unlikely.
I see them often in on winter evenings, when out with my dogs.
Including one that ran up about TEN FEET, from my two ferocious(?) Australian Shepherds, and I.
The dogs and I did not like this, he turned and ran off.
I asked our veterinarian about this, he said not to worry, with a little dog be concerned.
He walks his dogs in the forest preserve next to his house each evening, no problems.
A guy I knew at a sportsmen's club owned a Walther. He had occasional jamming problems when he used hollow points. Occasional meaning perhaps 1% or 2% of the time. So maybe that's why the person in the article used FMJ rounds.
I'll note that the guy I knew was lazy in cleaning his firearms. That probably played a part as well.
Very scary story!
Wolf attacks on people are extraordinarily rare.
At 30 yds?
Save your ammo.
And that is why we get this 'story'.
He took a shot, then realized he could lose everything!
“a Walther PK .380”
The Walther PPK is a .380, or 9mm Kurtz (short) while the Walther PP (`Poleitzi Pistol’) is a .32.
The PPK is a double action/single action. The first shot is a long trip, so maybe he was OK carrying with a round in the chamber in the wild. But even a `mouse gun’ will blow out your femoral artery. Having said that,
Dear Glock & similar DA pistoleros/tough guys (I own a Gl 19), fair warning: If you `accidentally’ shoot me or someone I love, say in line at a pharmacy because you had to have one `up the pipe’—accidental discharge, whatever—you’d better kill me.
I dunno about that. He only needed one round. I bet the very loud report of a .357 would scare most of a "pack" away. And if 6 rounds of .357 can't do the job against any given bear then you were probably dead from the word go regardless of what you were carrying.
Why would he call the DNR to report it?
A .380 FMJ will do its job if you do yours. I have a couple .380s, and am getting another one, because I do like the caliber. It’s a suitable round for up-close and personal work. I’ll be 65 on my next birthday, so I’m not as strong as I used to be. Thus, now I pretty much limit my handguns to calibers that begin with a 3 (which includes the metric variety, such as 9mm, which, caliber-wise, is the same as a .380, but with more “oomph”).
I had a roommate who used to live in the Santa Cruz mountains.
One evening he was sitting on his porch quietly admiring the view when a coyote hopped up on the porch, sat down next to his chair and used this slightly higher perch to look out over the same view.
Then the coyote looked up and realized he was there!
It got this horrified ‘OH CRAP!’ look.
He said he never saw one move so fast...
The .380 round is the same as a 9mm but lower powered. Some might say it’s underpowered. On the other hand it’s easier to aim and shoot multiple rounds. It’s a balance between power and control.
Judge with Winchester PDX, backed up with Bond derringer with Winchester PDX.
I would never, ever, trust my life to a firearm with that kind of failure rate. I wouldn't carry any gun that I hadn't already fired at least 500 rounds through without a hiccup.
Shot it but didn’t kill it.
Someone report a shot wolf and it might come back to him, so create a CYA story.
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