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Post by cstokes on Aug 18, 2009 17:48:09 GMT -5
For those who may be interested, fieldandstream.com has a story of an Alaskan fishing guide who killed a charging brown bear with his Ruger .454
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Post by twbryan on Aug 18, 2009 19:06:55 GMT -5
I don't read F&S. Do you have any details?
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Post by cstokes on Aug 19, 2009 17:06:54 GMT -5
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Post by twbryan on Aug 20, 2009 15:14:35 GMT -5
Hmm,appears the bear was starving and took a chance. Lucky for that guy he was packing a side arm, states in article that the gun jammed though and he had to finish yogi with a rifle.
I note with some amusement F&S article on 25 best ar rifles. Back in '94 their "gun editor" promoted the assault weapons ban. People wonder why I don't read guns rags...
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Post by Gary @ R&G on Aug 20, 2009 16:09:06 GMT -5
I wonder how he jammed his Ruger revolver?
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Post by twbryan on Aug 20, 2009 16:30:38 GMT -5
I am wondering if a primer backed out or if one of the bullets slid forward under recoil to tie up the cylinder.
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Post by Aggie01 on Aug 20, 2009 17:03:36 GMT -5
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Post by twbryan on Aug 21, 2009 14:32:25 GMT -5
Looks to be,maybe less details made it into the newspaper?
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Post by Markbo on Aug 22, 2009 8:48:07 GMT -5
Missed the first shot, hit him with the 2nd or 3rd and the gun locked up... holy crap!  I thought it was funny that his trusty dog headed for home and didn't stick around to protect 'Daddy' in his time of need. ;D |
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Post by twbryan on Aug 22, 2009 9:26:40 GMT -5
I'd have a talk with Ruger about that. Sounds like he has a smart dog though.
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Post by dana on Sept 16, 2009 22:04:43 GMT -5
Interesting. In the newspaper article he says his wife was not home so he and the dog go for a walk. In the Field & Stream article, he calls his wife on his cell phone to bring his rifle to finish the beast off. Something not right here.
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Post by whitworth on Sept 18, 2009 9:21:30 GMT -5
Can't find the article in the link......  |
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