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Originally Posted by Bwana
I REALLY need to stay the hell out of Red Rock sporting goods in Miles City. I ended up buying yet another gun today from those guys. A new 45-70. It will be my tag along gun on my mountain atv rides and deep brush fly fishing for shit canning grizzly bears.
I also got ordered some of this hard cast ammo to get the job done. There are guys dropping rhinos and bigger with this round. At $5 a round, this won't be my paper round. Here bear.......
540-gr SuperHardCast gas-checked Hammerhead at 1550-fps*
Energy: 2880 ft/lbs: Taylor Knockout Value: 55; Meplat: .360”;
Chamber Pressure: 35,000-cup; Brinnell Hardness: 25;
Trajectory: +2” @ 50-yds, ZERO
@ 120-YDS, -8.5@ 175-YDS
FIRST CHOICE for defense against heavy grizzly
Our 540-gr +P Hammerhead Ammo is the ideal choice for stopping heavy bears at close quarters or hunting them at short range. This Hammerhead bullet has a meplat (frontal flat) diameter of .360”, which is just one tenth of an inch less than bore diameter. With its tremendous weight to diameter ratio (sectional density) it provides end to end penetration on the heaviest of bears, with exit, and does tremendous damage per unit of penetration due to its extremely blunt front end. This load is carried exclusively by NOAA for protection against coastal grizzly attack. It is also carried by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Geological Survey for protection from grizzly attack. For the specific task of stopping a grizzly charge, this ammo has no peer.
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that's a heck of a bullet but if you really want to stop a bear attack you are better off with bear spray. I live in grizzly country and I'll take bear spray any day over a gun.
I'm guessing the forest service people carry both bear spray and a gun that shoots this bullet.