Re: Moose encounters



On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:58:59 -0700, DirtCrashr <Dirt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I normally carry a Glock 23 with 155 gr Silvertips in my fanny pack,
for human threats. I could carry 180 gr JFP to get some additional
penetration in case of a serious encounter with a moose..... but my
feeling is that it really wouldn't make much difference. Other than
making the battle a lot noisier.

For an anti-social encounter with a humanoid biped that seems like a
good choice. Not so sure about a quadruped.
I'd feel more comfortable with a Model 25 "Mountain Gun."
http://www.gunblast.com/SW-25Mountain.htm

This looks good too in .460:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=44954&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15707&isFirearm=Y

Mike


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Mike W.
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