Sounds like fuddlore. Plenty of data showing even small-caliber handguns are effective most of the time:
Not an animal alive that has bulletproof hide or bones, and none on land that have 15" of blubber to stop a round. As always, shot placement is more important than caliber, and accuracy is most easily achieved through volume of fire. Mag size will serve you better than muzzle energy per bullet.
That’s funny. All my data came from Western states and Alaska with actual cases of Bear attack encounters. Since the increase in Brown Bear attacks over the last decade anyone in the outdoors doace knows about and discusses. Considering my Uncle is a hunting guide around Idaho, maybe it is just fuddlore about the actual dead people with 10mm pistols who shot the Brown Bear and still died. Idk man. Maybe Steven Rinella was just overhyping it amd had game wardens on to trick us you’re right dude.
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