Colorado man shoots bear inside his home with his .40-caliber pistol

[GOYABEAN]

Colorado man shoots bear inside his home with his .40-caliber pistol

A Steamboat Springs, Colorado, man shot and killed a bear inside his home after his wife awakened him screaming at dawn. He shot the bear with his 40-caliber pistol; no one was injured.

www.foxnews.com

 

[99cummins]

In bear country, apparently your nightstand load out should include a large caliber rifle.

 

[Acer-m14]

should have used a 9mm pistol and blew the bears lungs out ..

 

[GOYABEAN]

should have used a 9mm pistol and blew the bears lungs out ..

One and done

 

[spat]

According to this article from F&S, Mauldin shot the bear 9 times from his .40 cal Glock.

Colorado Man Fires .40 Cal Glock 9 Times to Kill Black Bear That Broke Into His House at Night

The large male black bear entered the home through an unlocked door. Ken Mauldin discharged his pistol 9 times before killing it.

www.fieldandstream.com

He probably had typical JHP self defense ammo. What would have been your .40 cal choice of ammo to take down a 400 lb bear? I wonder if FMJ in this case might have performed better. Thoughts?

My .40 cal ammo choice would be 10mm

 

[That_FNG]

My .40 cal ammo choice would be 10mm

My 10mm ammo choice would be 45 super hard cast or 460 Rowland hard cast.

 

[spat]

You guys are cheating! - I should have seen that coming

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If you're going to stretch "40 cal" far enough to allow 460 Rowland or 45 super, I'll go with 45-70 government.

 

[SomeSoldier]

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[Hochulsucks1234]

Geez I guess I am overdoing it when I carry the 44 mag out in the woods. Guess the Glock 22 will suffice, least it holds more.

 

[spat]

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Like I said, 45-70...

Overkill for 400lb bears.

If I lived anywhere that 900lb bears were a possibility I would really consider that cannon above.

Out here a mountain lion is the biggest I'll see, so a simple 9mm is sufficient.

 

[8w7]

Any service caliber loaded with bullets designed to penetrate rather than expand will do the job. .38 Special, 9mm, .40, .357 Sig, .357 Magnum, etc.

There was even an Alaskan fishing guide a few years back that dispatched a grizzly who approached his clients in an aggressive manner with a Smith and Wesson 9mm with a 3 inch barrel.

 

[libertysnake]

I don't think you guys are looking on the bright side enough.

This guy managed to both clear out his bowels and get enough free meat for a month in a matter of minutes. That's a win/win.



Multi-tasker of the year.

 

[turbobike]

as mentioned by 8w7...Grizz killed by 9mm hardcast...scoll down..

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[spat]

as mentioned by 8w7...Grizz killed by 9mm hardcast...scoll down..

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You could probably kill one with a .22lr if you managed to empty the mag into his eye socket.

I prefer something with a bit more tolerance for error.

 

[8w7]

You could probably kill one with a .22lr if you managed to empty the mag into his eye socket.

I prefer something with a bit more tolerance for error.

Except that you don’t need to shoot into an eye socket with the service calibers listed so that argument isn’t a very good one.

About the only thing that I can see is possible defection after hitting a rib as far as tolerance for error goes but that’s debatable if that’s even a factor worth worrying about since you are more likely to be able to put more shots on target with a service caliber than you would with a magnum.

The same result in the very beginning would have happened with a magnum round since the first shot didn’t hit anything important.

The question is if he would have been able to dump enough rounds accurately from a heavy magnum revolver to riddle the lungs and any other organ with bullets.

 

[spat]

Except that you don’t need to shoot into an eye socket with the service calibers listed so that argument isn’t a very good one.

About the only thing that I can see is possible defection after hitting a rib as far as tolerance for error goes but that’s debatable if that’s even a factor worth worrying about since you are more likely to be able to put more shots on target with a service caliber than you would with a magnum.

The same result in the very beginning would have happened with a magnum round since the first shot didn’t hit anything important.

The question is if he would have been able to dump enough rounds accurately from a heavy magnum revolver to riddle the lungs and any other organ with bullets.

400lb bear 9mm wouldn't be my first choice, but it's got an ok chance with good shot placement.

900lb bear, 9mm is a prayer for luck.

 

[Zerex]

In NYS, at least the owner was unable to retreat to the furthest corner of his home, but he went forward to confront the bear.

Was bear meanacing him??? or just burglarizing the home??? FOOD was the object........... like many coming food intent breakin's..................xxxx would have gotten an appearance ticket in NYS, and sent to the woods............homeowner would be charged with xxxx murder, for over-reacting, menacing at the very least.

Thank God it was not a federally protected Wolf, or similarly protected predatory species.

 

[Grimscale]

Thank God it was not a federally protected Wolf, or similarly protected predatory species.

Even with federal protection it is ok to put down a nuisance animal.

 

[fresch]

Bob Milek had a story about head shots on a black bear with a 357. They never made it through the engine block/skull.

 

[spat]

Bob Milek had a story about head shots on a black bear with a 357. They never made it through the engine block/skull.

If the angle is shallow they will skip right off.

Like a .22lr and a human skull.