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QuadOughtBuck · September 13, 2002, 11:23 AM

"M1 with soft points...ummm, I dont think so. I wouldnt mind having one but I wont carry it for bears."

So you guys don't think buckshot or a .30-06 is enough for stopping bears....hmmmmmm. Remember way back in the day when man killed about ever beast with a muzzle loader, or not even going that far back when the .30-.30 was the prefered round on even big bears? I think that as modern Americans we have been so caught up in the magnum hysteria that we think we NEED ultra insane powerful cartridges to put down things we had little trouble putting down in the past. With that being said, the 12 gauge and .30-06 is NOT a weak round, they are extremly powerful and both will easily take a bear.

Also, I don't understand how I can ask for a choice, and be offered a different answer? If I ask which icecream shop I should go to, and someone says "no, you don't want that, comrade, you want pizza!!" I don't want pizza, I made it plain that I want icecream!!

September 13, 2002, 11:23 AM	#13
QuadOughtBuck Junior member Join Date: August 17, 2002 Posts: 120	"M1 with soft points...ummm, I dont think so. I wouldnt mind having one but I wont carry it for bears." So you guys don't think buckshot or a .30-06 is enough for stopping bears....hmmmmmm. Remember way back in the day when man killed about ever beast with a muzzle loader, or not even going that far back when the .30-.30 was the prefered round on even big bears? I think that as modern Americans we have been so caught up in the magnum hysteria that we think we NEED ultra insane powerful cartridges to put down things we had little trouble putting down in the past. With that being said, the 12 gauge and .30-06 is NOT a weak round, they are extremly powerful and both will easily take a bear. Also, I don't understand how I can ask for a choice, and be offered a different answer? If I ask which icecream shop I should go to, and someone says "no, you don't want that, comrade, you want pizza!!" I don't want pizza, I made it plain that I want icecream!!