Charging Mtn Lion

[E_308]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo...harged-by-mountain-lion/ar-BBYp10k?li=BBnba9I

How many of you would drop your 12 gauge and go for your side arm to shoot a running lion at 10 ft? I'll keep the shotgun every time!

 

[Native Hunter]

Absolutely the shotgun every time. At that distance a 12 gauge shotgun would blow the head off of a lion and be much easier to aim than a pistol. But...he did good with his pistol anyway.

If I had to face the biggest bear in the world, I would choose my turkey gun over anything else. First of all, at 40 yards I'm going to take both eyes out and at 20 yards put a hole between the eyes the size of a softball.

 

[Kwood]

Agree Native. For that reason I don’t understand why people use pistol for home defense over a shotgun.


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[MarkDarvin]

Agree Native. For that reason I don’t understand why people use pistol for home defense over a shotgun.


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Ditto. My behind the door hallway sweeper is a pistol grip pump .410 full of buckshot.

 

[Drycreek]

I’m afraid that Dad’s old double would have been empty when I threw it down. I’m a decent shot with a handgun, but a gun in the hand is worth two under the coat......

 

[catscratch]

Shotgun is my go-to. It's been in my hands more hours than any gun in the world and operating it is second nature. No time for mistakes...

 

[Gravel Road]

Can't imagine anybody out pheasant hunting would drop the best weapon imaginable that is already in hand to use a pistol. The pessimist in me wonders if he saw it looking at him from 50 or 75 yards and decided to pop him with the pistol. I don't care one way or the other, but it sounds like he's a good pistol shot!

 

[THE LLC]

He was a former MP. Did what he was trained to do. ALWAYS go with what you know.