Panzerboy:

I can guarantee you a .45 ACP is better than hitting the bear with your hands or a frying pan (See Tim Treadwell obit.) and yelling "NO!,STOP!".

Most bears schooled in proper English will just think you are a foriegner who means "Don't stop", as in, continue to attack me.

I still like my .22's in Wisconsin, because even though I have never been attacked by 4-legged creatures, I believe that no animal would like 1,200 feet per second, 40 grain hollowpoint .22's hitting its nose, mouth, teeth, throat, tongue, face, and eyes, and I would think it would turn away from the source of those impacts.

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