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If we're talking big, mean, 4-legged creatures I say make sure your 10mm is at least 180 gr running at 1300+ fps. If it's niggers or other thirdworlders you can run 200 gr at about 1200ish fps no problem.
9x19 is fine for black bear and under, there's videos of people dropping whitetail with compact 9mm guns from a stone's throw away no problem. But whenever you get into the caliber war it turns into a massive shitshow of what the minimum should be and why your favorite calibers are anemic, let alone handguns and the "puts holes in people" argument.
9x19 is fine for black bear and under, there's videos of people dropping whitetail with compact 9mm guns from a stone's throw away no problem. But whenever you get into the caliber war it turns into a massive shitshow of what the minimum should be and why your favorite calibers are anemic, let alone handguns and the "puts holes in people" argument.
1) Nuh uh!, 2) all semiauto pistols are anemic compared to what is best to lug around for bear yeeting, 3) if you can do your part, a 10mm might not kill the bear before it gets you but they'll find its body not far from yours. Also 10mm is very cool and all the guys with big titty goth girlfriends shoot it. Just sayin'
The vast majority of commercial 10mm is “fed lite” and just .40S&W with a smug hipster complex. With hand loading or the right manufacturers it gets close to .41 Magnum.
If we're talking big, mean, 4-legged creatures I say make sure your 10mm is at least 180 gr running at 1300+ fps. If it's niggers or other thirdworlders you can run 200 gr at about 1200ish fps no problem.
200gr at 1200 is the magic number. Most of the commercial ammo marketed for backcountry defense is around that mark. Getting 180gr up to 1300 is tough without playing fast and loose with SAAMI MAP.
9x19 is fine for black bear and under, there's videos of people dropping whitetail with compact 9mm guns from a stone's throw away no problem. But whenever you get into the caliber war it turns into a massive shitshow of what the minimum should be and why your favorite calibers are anemic, let alone handguns and the "puts holes in people" argument.
Most people carrying 10mm for backcountry defense are out west. It seems to be following the trend that trades some performance for a lot of magazine depth.
I mean when it comes to registration, the ATF honestly treats it as tracking the tax stamp, as legally speaking, the ATF only has authority to inspect your tax stamps not the firearms associated with them since the Tax stamp is a permit for you to possess the specific firearm it's assigned to with a short barrel attached.
'Deregistering' your SBR with the ATF has always just been a courtesy and never legally required and the only time not 'deregistering' would cause issues down the road is if you sell it and who ever owns it decides they want to form 1 it, then it causes the ATF to get really confused.
Bullpup KAC LAMG, Finally some good pictures. Now, as badass as this thing is, it's also kind of janky, because basically KAC took a normal LAMG, tilted it 45 degrees and then bolted on a vertical pistol grip and tilted red dot mount
This one is an earlier model and looks to be Solenoid fired
Continuing on with the badass machineguns, here's an OTs-142 in desert camo
VDV Contract AK-12K with pull ring modified dust cover retention pin
Sig Saar M250A1, barrel chopped to 13" from 16", said barrel is now Quick Change, Sig expects the Army to order it
7.5in KS series rifle from SHOT 2024
Custom Steyr GB
Some juicy HICAR News, if a company is talking about HICAR, it means that they're not one of the three manufacturers downselected. So Geissele is out, a guy attending AUSA claims to have talked to Jason St. John who admitted Sig is out, so that leaves KAC, LMT, DD and maybe SOLGW as contenders for the donwselect
Laugo Alien seized in Venezuela (top)
Stockless SPIW Prototype (?)
PP-2000 Prototype
S&W76 prototype with folding bayonet
Sig Saar M7 barrel after field exercises in Hawaii, very high quality Saar.
Indonesians with Malyuk's (?)
SVU
Lady SS Agent with SR-15 Mod 2 with FF RAS-5
Chinese news reports on the QJB-201
Hornady is doing something with 5.56 SAAMI spec? Sounds like some boring nerd shit only barrel manufacturers would care about
Fuck this GLOCK in 10mm shit. What you want is an HK Mark 23 loaded with either .45 Super or .450 SMC. That there's a REAL man's back country black bear defense gun!
Yep, up to and including grizzly bears. Never felt the need for anything bigger than .357 Magnum or .45 Supers loaded into an HK45 for my outdoors adventures. Follow up shots are better than a hand cannon.
Fuck this GLOCK in 10mm shit. What you want is an HK Mark 23 loaded with either .45 Super or .450 SMC. That there's a REAL man's back country black bear defense gun!
Picked one of them up that had been sitting on a shelf earlier this year, holy hell does it live up to the price tag. Hands down the best out of the box gun on the market, the end all be all of .45 design. Now all I need is to get the B&T suppressor and I'll be able to die happy if I never bought another pistol again.
9x19 is fine for black bear and under, there's videos of people dropping whitetail with compact 9mm guns from a stone's throw away no problem. But whenever you get into the caliber war it turns into a massive shitshow of what the minimum should be and why your favorite calibers are anemic, let alone handguns and the "puts holes in people" argument.
Just remember, back country defense in bear countries isn't just bears, it includes humans too. That Montana camper that got murdered because some jackass got upset he took his spot is a great example.
Also, yeah a 454 cascull can yeet a grizzly, but that's if you 1) Hit, 2) manage to draw it from a holster. So training is more important than gun choice usually. Train with what you carry, and train hard.
But I also shoulder/SOB carry on top of side carry, I also had/(have) a 7.62x25 as an EDC in my rotation so my opinion is invalid according to ree-dit retards.
If you want something to carry on your person outside the house, I recommend any CZ-75 or clone of one except the EAA/Tangfolio one. The 75B is the larger full size model and in my opinion the absolute gold standard for My First Nine. My personal favorite is the Jericho 941 with a steel frame, no I didn't buy it because of anime I swear I just like the heft of the steel over aluminum or polymer. For something more concealable, the CZ-75D is a more compact model.
Just remember you'll need to mill out optics on the 75s. The SP/P 01 has a rail for a light, you should probably have a light for home defense. Just don't treat your gun as a flashlight unless you plan on putting holes through the object it shines on. Maybe also a suppressor...
