WB
Many know I'm totally scared of Bears...
Friday, May 18, 2018, 18:12

What I DID carry in AK was my Reeder Custom #6 in .510 GNR. Doug carried a DA 5-shot Reeder Redhawk Custom using the same ammo. I think Sean had a .475 or .500 cal. DA, can't remember. Andy had the sissy gun, a .455 GNR SA. lol.

After I saw 2-3 Grizzlies in the wild about 25-30 ft. from me. I carried the .510 to take a pee outside, and slept with it under my pillow. Many say that phrase but I ACTUALLY DID IT, accidentally fingering it in the night was safe being a SA. I wanted something that would penetrate that thick wet rug of a hide they have and any energy absorbing fat or bone too. This was serious business to me. If there had be a .520 GNR I would have desired it. I just knew it would eat me anyway, the stories of George, and guys getting off ONE fast shot with a .375 H&H. He killed the bear with that shot, but after it broke the guy's neck with a paw slap. George said he kind of liked that guy. AK folks are a different breed.

Doug has a camo flap holster under his left arm.

That's Denali in the background, our morning view out the cabin window.