The question recently came up as to what is the smallest caliber
hand gun you'd trust to protect yourself from wild animals while out
hiking??
My personal favorite dangerous animal self-defense small gun has
always been a little Beretta Jetfire .22 caliber pistol. Over the years
when hiking I will never leave the camp without first placing it in my pocket.
Of course we all know the first rule when hiking in the wilderness is
to ALWAYS use the "Buddy System". For those of you who may be
unfamiliar with this, it means that you NEVER hike alone, you ALWAYS
bring along a friend or companion. In this case, two are definitely much
safer/better than one ....for obvious reasons.
I remember an incident when I was hiking with a very good and old
friend, and out of nowhere came this huge Grizzly Bear....and man, was
she ever MAD! .....We must have accidentally been near her cubs.
Anyway, if I had not had my little Jetfire....I'd not be here today. That's
right, fellas ...just one well-placed shot to my friends knee cap and I was
able to escape by just walking at a brisk pace.
Yep.... That truly is one of the very best pistols in my entire collection!!
1 comments:
The smallest I've ever, EVER carried is a 9mm. I customarily carry, when hiking about and hunting for the nefarious UP freight train in the Sierra Nevada mountains, nothing less than a caliber beginning with a 4.
I have carried a Freedom Arms Bulldog Pug in .44 special, my S&W Model 29 in 6.5", my Sig P220 in .45 or, my most recent acquisition, a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .454 Casull stainless.
Why? Because there's not just a "chance" of mountain lions or brown bears where I hike, there ARE mountain lions and very LARGE brown bears where I hike. Haven't yet seen a mountain lion but I've seen the tracks, and I HAVE seen two very BIG brown bears.
I like something STARTING with the number FOUR.
BZ
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