Any of you stop a charge with a handgun?

We are talking about hunting dangerous game in Africa. Unless you are hunting with a handgun, you won't have one. I would hate to depend on that primary firearm as my charge stopper on any dangerous game. I'll opt for a fast, accurate first and second shot with my rifle.
Honestly the closest I will probably have a chance at dg
Would be a water buff hunt on one of the ranches. I am not saying I will do that by any means but I can guarantee I would have on my 44 Blackhawk
Just in case.
I really guess it comes form all ways having one on legal since 19 except for days in the hospital.
We are not going to go into before 19
What was legal and what was allowed might not be the same.
 
Phil Shoemaker, GrizzlySkins Outfitting in Alaska, took out a large brown bear with a pistol (45 or 9mm I am not sure). An amazing story at very close range.
 
I saw a couple of interviews of that from Phil Shoemaker himself. To be more specific according to him it was a broadside shot...

The bear was standing on top of his clients and Phil was roughly around 20 or so feet away and shot the bear behind the shoulder broadside. The bear did not charge Phil head on...

@ 6:30 in the video below...
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Do people even read threads anymore? Or just comment
 
Wow! Thank you. Great info.

Amazing how a much lighter copper or brass mono-metal can out penetrate a much heavier hard cast lead bullet...

Did you ever get the chance to try out the Lehigh Defense/Underwood Xtreme Penetrator?
Yeah. Doesnt go near as deep as a wfn/lfn solid and doesnt do near as much damage as an aframe or barnes so i dont use em. Not great at anything but ok at penetration and damage but it is neat to see the x shaped cut in the tissue.
 
One of our esteemed members suggested some years ago it should be possible to kill a buffalo with a properly loaded frozen herring. Probably true. Perhaps the spear chucker should try that next. The OP asked it a handgun would be useful in stopping dangerous game. Congrats on the two bulls - were they charging?
One was but we were in an area that would make recovery very very difficult. It was a very very aggressive old bull. We were on a rock he couldnt get up to and he ran up and was putting his head on the rock trying to get at us then ran off. I shot him about 400 yards further down the path where it opened up and was accessible. The zulu tracker had my video cam and somehow instead of hitting record he got it into still mode and just snapped a pic before he made it onto the rock/boulder. This is it.
 

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shot placement, bullet construction,and knowing how to shoot the high powered handgun your shooting.454 casull,460 s&w,475 linebaugh,45-70 with ssk barrel to handle the heavy solid bullets,500 wyoming express,i mention these as i shoot them all.whether i still have the guts to get the job done,time will tell.at 86,dont think i will ever find out.
 
shot placement, bullet construction,and knowing how to shoot the high powered handgun your shooting.454 casull,460 s&w,475 linebaugh,45-70 with ssk barrel to handle the heavy solid bullets,500 wyoming express,i mention these as i shoot them all.whether i still have the guts to get the job done,time will tell.at 86,dont think i will ever find out.
That may be true, but I'm not going to try it!
 
In the video in the link below is a hunter charged by a brown bear. I know this is the Africa Hunting forum but, it's about the benefits of using a handgun where a rifle might not be maneuverable/fast enough for quick follow up shots. In the situation below is where I'd prefer a powerful double-action revolver...

It looks like the hunter was using a lever guide-gun and still was not fast enough, only got off one shot. When knocked to the ground is where the hand-gun has the benefits over a rifle that turns into a broom stick...
 
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In the video in the link below is a hunter charged by a brown bear. I know this is the Africa Hunting forum but, it's about the benefits of using a handgun where a rifle might not be maneuverable/fast enough for quick follow up shots. In the situation below is where I'd prefer a powerful double-action revolver...

It looks like the hunter was using a lever guide-gun and still was not fast enough, only got off one shot. When knocked to the ground is where the hand-gun has the benefits over a rifle that turns into a broom stick...
That bear would have been no match for my light sabre.

I’ve never been close quarters with a bear. But a close friend who was a master guide was mauled by a black bear. You’re smoking crack if you think in your vid clip a man could clear leather and do better than a man with a rifle. And not good crack either. I’m talking Hay Street whore crack.
 
That bear would have been no match for my light sabre.

I’ve never been close quarters with a bear. But a close friend who was a master guide was mauled by a black bear. You’re smoking crack if you think in your vid clip a man could clear leather and do better than a man with a rifle. And not good crack either. I’m talking Hay Street whore crack.
Why does the handgun have to be in the holster? Why not in one's hand? In the video above it looks like the hunter might have been stalking the bear or heard it was there before it charged...

And, a bolt-action rifle would be the last gun I'd want in that situation. If I was forced to only have a rifle in that situation it would be a double barrel or semi-auto shotgun.
 
Why does the handgun have to be in the holster? Why not in one's hand? In the video above it looks like the hunter might have been stalking the bear or heard it was there before it charged...

And, a bolt-action rifle would be the last gun I'd want in that situation. If I was forced to only have a rifle in that situation it would be a double barrel or semi-auto shotgun.
Like I said; I’d use my light saber.
 
Another story where a bolt-action rifle did not save a man's life and was killed by a brown bear. He might have had a slightly better chance of surviving if he had a handgun on him with hard casts...

Wrong. It would have been better for him to have had a green light Sabre. Not one of those POS blue ones made by Browning. A green one made by Winchester with controlled light feed. Even better still, a purple one made by Rigby.
 
Wrong. It would have been better for him to have had a green light Sabre. Not one of those POS blue ones made by Browning. A green one made by Winchester with controlled light feed. Even better still, a purple one made by Rigby.
No, rifles are not CQB weapons at point blank range, they have major disadvantages in close proximity when dealing with speed and maneuverability. Double barrels are better than bolt-actions for that but, you're still swinging around a long club...


 
That bear would have been no match for my light sabre.

I’ve never been close quarters with a bear. But a close friend who was a master guide was mauled by a black bear. You’re smoking crack if you think in your vid clip a man could clear leather and do better than a man with a rifle. And not good crack either. I’m talking Hay Street whore crack.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel!

BTW, I agree with you.
 
Wrong. It would have been better for him to have had a green light Sabre. Not one of those POS blue ones made by Browning. A green one made by Winchester with controlled light feed. Even better still, a purple one made by Rigby.
Are any of those available with suppressors? Those seem to be all the rage these days.

;-)
 
Why does the handgun have to be in the holster? Why not in one's hand? In the video above it looks like the hunter might have been stalking the bear or heard it was there before it charged...

And, a bolt-action rifle would be the last gun I'd want in that situation. If I was forced to only have a rifle in that situation it would be a double barrel or semi-auto shotgun.
Why would the handgun not be in the holster? Under any circumstance short of the animal actually being on top of the hunter, the rifle will always be better. Well, one time I did have to crawl into a thick patch of chaparral to finish a hog with my .357, but if it had been a seriously dangerous animal (the pig was only about 30 pounds) I would not have been crawling on my belly to find him.
 
Why would the handgun not be in the holster? Under any circumstance short of the animal actually being on top of the hunter, the rifle will always be better. Well, one time I did have to crawl into a thick patch of chaparral to finish a hog with my .357, but if it had been a seriously dangerous animal (the pig was only about 30 pounds) I would not have been crawling on my belly to find him.
There are many people who hunt with handguns as their primary weapon and walk with it in their hand. Plenty of videos online of hunters who are approaching a kill or gut pile with their handguns in their hand.

Many people when they are out in the woods hunting or hiking when they hear branches cracking or sense something is around will have their handgun in their hand as a precaution, and if they're smart it's attached to a lanyard.

A bolt-action rifle is not always better than a handgun. Not during a charge from a Leopard as the video below shows he couldn't work the bolt fast enough. If he had a powerful revolver in either 454 Casull, 480 Ruger, 475 L, 500 S&W/JRH or 500 L he could have had better chances of stopping it before it jumped on him and wrapped him up. He couldn't hit the Leopard from 30 yards away or within 20 feet with his rifle as it charged him.

Countless videos of hunters fumbling with the bolt-action not being able to operate it during a charge...


 
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