06-07-2011, 11:34 PM
To give another quick opinion:
I personally don't care much for the 9mm. It's just too small for my taste.
I have had 2 different 40's and loved both. One was the XD40 and the other was a CZ75B in 40 cal. (CZ75 is the gun carried by most East-European police and military forces, a great gun). I kept the CZ because it was previously used by a guy that used it for competition shooting and did some great work on it. I also got the CZ kadet conversion kit for it, which converts the gun from a 40 to a .22.
I don't think I would want to carry any of the semi-autos if I'm going to need them for a bear. The loads are just too small. For that I would go with a revolver like the 357 or the 44 mag. You can't load as many or as fast, but they have a LOT more knock-down than any of the semi-autos.
I have a 44 mag revolver and a 44 mag Browning lever action rifle (traded my XD for this rifle). A great pair.
In my opinion - different guns for different purposes. There really isn't a great gun that will be a good carry gun that would double as a good gun to knock down a bear.
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I personally don't care much for the 9mm. It's just too small for my taste.
I have had 2 different 40's and loved both. One was the XD40 and the other was a CZ75B in 40 cal. (CZ75 is the gun carried by most East-European police and military forces, a great gun). I kept the CZ because it was previously used by a guy that used it for competition shooting and did some great work on it. I also got the CZ kadet conversion kit for it, which converts the gun from a 40 to a .22.
I don't think I would want to carry any of the semi-autos if I'm going to need them for a bear. The loads are just too small. For that I would go with a revolver like the 357 or the 44 mag. You can't load as many or as fast, but they have a LOT more knock-down than any of the semi-autos.
I have a 44 mag revolver and a 44 mag Browning lever action rifle (traded my XD for this rifle). A great pair.
In my opinion - different guns for different purposes. There really isn't a great gun that will be a good carry gun that would double as a good gun to knock down a bear.
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