the only time i ever used my gun was back in 1985.
the ran naked out of my tent hitting it on a frying pan to chase a bear away from my food pack at about 5:30 AM...no joke..i have told that story before.as big and as powerful as the pistol was in the face of a very large black bear it felt like a plastic cap gun.
the bear just got some dry egg and when he wandered off to eat it i got the pack and tossed everything in the canoe and paddled away.