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(frown on face) If I must limit myself to you choices than I'd pick the .45acp. Don't worry about it too much, though. Under gunned is under gunned.
But you are kidding yourself if you believe it is adequate for bear defense. I have yet to read about the "calmly executed, well placed shot delivered at twenty paces" which ended an attack by a bear. I have read numerous accounts on how lighting fast the attack will come and how the odds of getting more than two very fast shots off are slim. If you are serious, start at the .41 magnum and look upward in power from there.
Someone will state that Alaskan law enforcement has done studies on what can kill their brown bears. Under situations similar to those encountered while hunting, a perfectly placed .38 will do the job. So the bear experts in Alaska all carry .38s, right? No. The Alaskan Fish and Wildlife employees are issued .44 magnums and .45-70 lever actions with powerful cartridges.
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