wrenchman wrote:Being from the states and living in one with bears let me say in short bursts they are fast and have lots of muscle.
Big bullets are made to open large wound channels, if you are back packing and you have use it be prepared the chance is even if hit she will chew on you unless you hit her in the brain or brake a spine.
That being said it is a nice gun it should take down any thing you shoot with it.
The problem with our drop bears is they wait in ambush and drop from a branch grabbing hold of the head and pushing down with the legs on the shoulder at the same time trying to break the neck(this has developed over thousands of years feeding on aboriginals- hence the reason aboriginals prefer the outback) usually not succeeding and the poor victim, if they live, being left with neck and facial scarring.
There is pretty much nothing that can be done other than don't walk under trees at night, a warning overseas tourists often fail to heed. At least you can see your bears coming.
We have the deadliest animals in the world and you lot still think it is a wonderful place to visit.
No drop bears in Tasmania, the last indigenous one died in captivity in 1933.