outfitting and bears.

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A riding buddy from Montana told me this story years ago. It seems an eastern tenderfoot flew out to Montana to fish and hike the wilderness. While at the outfitter, he pointed to a handgun in the case. "Say, that's a .44 magnum, right?" "Yep." "I hear one of those is powerful enough to stop a grizzly bear." "That's what they claim." "Well, I'd better it and a box of bullets, too." "Okay. While you're at it, you ought to get this file and jar of that Vaseline over there on the shelf." "Huh? Why would I want a file and Vaseline." "Well, you file down the front sight and coat the barrel with the Vaseline." "Why would I want to do that?" "So it won't hurt so much when the bear shoves that gun up your ass." Chris Lawson 12 ga. pump with 000 mag buckshot--to use on myself if the bear gets the upper hand