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1. fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser (professionalbigot69@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 22:32:53 JST fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser
   does 5.56 have enough penetration to take down 800-1000 pound bears?
   • Weaf :jv::nv: (weaf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 22:32:52 JST Weaf :jv::nv:

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     • Desert Pine (Conspiracy Tree)
     @StoleMyThundersBalls @professionalbigot69 I do not recommend this at all, but a really funny story I heard was this guy who used a .22 to kill a bear by just driving up to it outside his house, opening the door, and just mag dumping into the bear's head at 20 feet.
   • Desert Pine (Conspiracy Tree) (stolemythundersballs@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 22:32:53 JST Desert Pine (Conspiracy Tree)

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     @professionalbigot69 Not likely, but it might scare them off. Its loud and it would hurt them.
     
     Someone online asked, "What is the minimum caliber of handgun that would stop a grizzly bear?"
     
     Top answer was:
     >The .44 Magnum is probably the bottom limit. I know, some guys claim the .41 Magnum or even the .357 Magnum is fine, but I do not agree. I have watched them both work on black bears and I was never impressed. The point here is not to prove you can stop a charging bear with a smaller, inadequate cartridge. The point is to survive. So, I think a .44 Magnum is the starting point.
     
     >It is also important to use a heavy bullet. The key is to penetrate through bone and through a lot of critter, and for that you need bullet weight: at least 300 grains for a .44 Magnum and that much or more for any of the .454 Casull or heavy .45 Colt loads. I use 400-grain bullets in my .500 Wyoming Express; with some bigger cartridges like the .500 S&W Magnum you can go up as high as 500 grains.
     
     >Part of the bullet-weight decision, though, should be based on your ability to shoot the cartridge. A 500-grain bullet at 1450 fps from a handgun is not a load most NPR listeners will want to shoot. I have passed my personal limits with some of the biggest cartridges when used in lightweight, carry-style handguns. For example, in my .500 Wyoming Express I had to back off from the full-power loads. A 400-grain bullet at 1600 fps proved too much for me (and everybody else who shot it) to handle well in a relatively light, 2-pound, 12-ounce Freedom Arms revolver. So I backed it down to about 1300 fps and found the load much more manageable, but still plenty bear-worthy.
     
     >Cartridge selection? Well, I really believe any handgun you bring to any fight should have a name that starts with at least a 4. That’s really important if you are fighting a bear! I think the rule of “4-3-1” should apply: a bullet diameter that starts with at least a 4, a bullet weight that starts with at least a 3 and a muzzle velocity of at least 1000 fps.
     
     americanhunter.org/content/8-best-charge-stopping-bear-cartridges/