I looked out my window before taking out this morning's trash. I didn't see any black bears or pagan biker gangs pressed flat against the walls in ambush a la Farside cartoons. When ( and if) I carry it's a carbine rifle or shotgun. Somewhere in my closet is an old SMLE. 50 rounds of handloaded 210 grain .303 and a can of military ball and I'm set for everything up to and including a Fokker DR1 ( Richtofen was downed by a single lucky .303 from an aussie machinegunner) I think my rig sent me staggering into the wall with a net outlay of $150. I even have this 1907 pattern pig sticker bayonet. Rambo has nothing on me for bringing home the bacon if some old boar charges. I haven't priced titanium Smiths, but I bet thats a whole lot of survival gear. Do yourselves a favour, look at an old mauser, Moisin ,SMLE or a scattergun. With the money you save buy some books on bears and learn.