I've yet to go into Wyoming further than Medicine Bow National Forest which is beautiful. Both that and Montana seem like the real Rockies, whereas in Colorado you only have to coexist with black bears/mountain lions/moose/a few wolves as threats. I really want to do some roadtrips to both states and camp but not until I have a gun chambered in 10mm. Ever since staring down a few bull moose and seeing this video of a grizzly family stalking a hiker and false-charging to trip him, I haven't felt comfortable being in those habitats unarmed. They're meat tanks.
It's a tradeoff between for-sure penetration and better capacity/control for me. I have a 12g if I want to put a large hole in something but I don't want to walk around with such a large gun. Punchier handgun rounds are mostly revolvers and kick like a motherfucker compared to the 10mm I've shot. That was only marginally heftier than my 9mm and I can accurately fire the 17 rounds in that as fast as I can pull the trigger while reloading it super quickly. If I'm shooting while panicked the more shots the better as I'm otherwise getting off three revolver shots at a moving target.
CW: Grizzly drowning an elk in Yellowstone
I've yet to go into Wyoming further than Medicine Bow National Forest which is beautiful. Both that and Montana seem like the real Rockies, whereas in Colorado you only have to coexist with black bears/mountain lions/moose/a few wolves as threats. I really want to do some roadtrips to both states and camp but not until I have a gun chambered in 10mm. Ever since staring down a few bull moose and seeing this video of a grizzly family stalking a hiker and false-charging to trip him, I haven't felt comfortable being in those habitats unarmed. They're meat tanks.
Holy fuck... Serious question though is 10mm enough?
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Lol that's what I was thinking
It's a tradeoff between for-sure penetration and better capacity/control for me. I have a 12g if I want to put a large hole in something but I don't want to walk around with such a large gun. Punchier handgun rounds are mostly revolvers and kick like a motherfucker compared to the 10mm I've shot. That was only marginally heftier than my 9mm and I can accurately fire the 17 rounds in that as fast as I can pull the trigger while reloading it super quickly. If I'm shooting while panicked the more shots the better as I'm otherwise getting off three revolver shots at a moving target.
Sweet I appreciate the answer.