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spacemanspiff · July 20, 2007, 04:58 PM

I was buying ammo at walmart, and some guy was talking about his .45lc and how accurate it was. And how he relies on it for bear protection. He claimed he could rapid fire by fanning the hammer and keep all shots on a pie plate at 100 yards. And yes, he did plan on shooting at bears in self defense from 100 yards out.
But his Marlin 1895 in .45/70 was his main choice. He keeps like a 300 gr bullet chambered, the rest are the 'bear loads', so when he sees a bear, the first thing he will do is jack that wimpy 300 gr round out and chamber the big boys.

July 20, 2007, 04:58 PM	#69
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	I was buying ammo at walmart, and some guy was talking about his .45lc and how accurate it was. And how he relies on it for bear protection. He claimed he could rapid fire by fanning the hammer and keep all shots on a pie plate at 100 yards. And yes, he did plan on shooting at bears in self defense from 100 yards out. But his Marlin 1895 in .45/70 was his main choice. He keeps like a 300 gr bullet chambered, the rest are the 'bear loads', so when he sees a bear, the first thing he will do is jack that wimpy 300 gr round out and chamber the big boys. __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard