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[lurkerwithout]

The polar bear!

Anyhow, quick question for you gun people out there (I'm looking at you SBG). Can you actually take down a bear with a .45?

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[scarybaldguy]

.45 what?

If you're talking about a .45ACP pistol, it's possible, but I wouldn't want to try it. .45-70 Government, launched from a Marlin 1895, would be far more likely to drop Smokey.

That said, it's not really about caliber, it's about placement. You hit Smokey in the paw with that .45-70, it's just gonna piss him off. Put a .22WMR right into his eye and he'll back right down. Maybe.

(omitting the old jokes about filing off the front sight...)

[lurkerwithout]

It was a pistol, supposedly a standard gov't issue gun taken off a US Marshal...

[scarybaldguy]

That'd probably be a 1911 or similar. Again, not the gun I'd choose for that situation, but if that's all ya got...

[sexyexpy]

But what swiped that pilot out of the cockpit? The polar bear's angry mother? A monster?

[lurkerwithout]

Not a dinosaur. Thats all the show's people will confirm.

[workerant156b]

Multiple head shots: Definately. Single head shot: Possibly.
Multiple chest shots: Eventually... Single chest shot: Good luck, you'll need it on a direct hit to the heart. Paw/hind shot: Your breakfast. Most people use a hellva lot bigger caliber guns on bear.