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What gun can take down a black bear with one shot?
Recently, the news that two bears attacked the masses and killed people attracted the attention of Xiao Er. On May 12, A certain family in Kouqian Village, Zhahe Township, Zhiduo County, Qinghai Province was attacked by a brown bear in the early morning, and his wife was taken away and bitten to death.
On May 17, Tang, a villager from Shenshui, Majiao Town, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan, was attacked by many black bears on his way back to school. His son escaped, and Tang died unfortunately. Two villagers who heard the news and came to the rescue were killed.
A black bear that has been killed by Sichuan police.
According to the masses, the special police encountered one of the black bears when searching the mountain, and killed the bear with rough skin only after the bullets were polished. We don’t know what guns the swat is carrying, but bears are not so easy to kill.
So how do hunters hunt bears?
Before being hunted, this behemoth killed a hunter and ate most of the body.
Adult black bears are small among bears, generally more than 1.5 meters long and weighing about 150 kilograms. Brown bear, also called grizzly bear, is bigger than black bear. It is one of the largest carnivorous mammals on land, widely distributed in Eurasia and North America. The male usually weighs 135-545 kg, while the female is 80-250 kg. So far, the largest hunted brown bear in the world is almost 4 meters long and weighs nearly 600 kg!
People in the bear’s eyes: scum with fighting power of only 5 can shoot people to death with a slap.
Although it looks like a stupid bear, it walks unsteadily, but it has a developed sense of smell and hearing and great strength, and the fastest running speed can reach 56 kilometers per hour! It is said that bears have poor eyesight, and they are called "black blind". In fact, only Asian black bears have poor eyesight, and other kinds of bears have good eyes. In front of adult brown bears, unarmed humans are weak chickens. So, if you organize a bear hunting operation, what weapons are appropriate?
Best aiming point: the heart and lung area above the bear’s forelimbs.
People who go hunting bears are likely to be killed if they miss, which is a dangerous "brave action" Brown bear has a stout body, a hard and thick skull, a long and narrow shape, and a small frontal impact area. Even if the skull is opened by a bullet, the brain stem will not necessarily die immediately, let alone a bear. It is not the best plan to aim at the head directly, but the king is to aim at the soft heart and lungs from the side.
All kinds of bullets have similar caliber and different powers.
When hunting bears, bison and other large animals, in order to avoid disturbing the prey, rifles must be the first choice to shoot at a safe distance. According to the experience of experienced North American hunters, bullets with a caliber of 308Win, that is, 7.62X51mm, are a little hard. Bears are much stronger than humans, and at least .30-06 caliber (that is, ammunition used in Springfield and M1 Garland rifles) is enough. For example, the .300 Winchester Ma Genan bullet is also 7.62 caliber, but its power is more than 40% of the ordinary .308 bullet.
300 PRC (left) and .300 Winchester Ma Genan (right)
Hornady’s new .300prc "Precision Rifle Cartridge" bullet uses a very long low-resistance warhead, which is the best performance of all the popular .30 ammunition on the market at present.
Although modern high-speed rifle bullets have high muzzle velocity, long range and good accuracy, they are easy to roll and break after hitting prey. For hunters who want to get fresh meat, this is simply a waste of time.
Marin M1895SBL lever rifle with 45-70 caliber easily breaks big stones, and the fragment comes from North American newspaper brother.
However, the large-caliber warhead has a strong stopping effect because of its large kinetic energy, which can quickly put down large prey, and in addition, it has less damage to the muscle tissue of prey. Among them, the famous rifle bullet is .45-70, which is a low-speed heavy bullet. It kills prey with a large-caliber heavy warhead with heavy potential. It penetrates deeply and the warhead is not easy to over-expand and break, which can alleviate the pain of the prey after being shot. It is a good choice for hunting for the purpose of eating meat.
There is a bear hunting gun, so if you want to fight an elephant, rhinoceros and hippo much stronger than a brown bear, is there an elephant hunting gun?
You call this thing a gun? !
There really is. At the beginning of the 19th century, there was an African hunting craze in Europe, and a large number of Europeans went to Africa to pursue a sense of accomplishment in hunting large beasts. However, when faced with African elephants, rhinoceroses and other behemoths, they found that the shotgun in their hands was too weak. If the prey could not be put down with one shot, the hunter was likely to be hunted down. So the elephant gun came into being. Limited by the technology at that time, it could only increase its caliber and reached an amazing 33.7mm!
Without a weight of 200 Jin, I can’t stand it at all.
The elephant gun uses 2 Bore pellets, that is, one pound (about 453 grams) of lead can only cast two pieces, weighing 226.5 grams, which is close to half a catty. The muzzle kinetic energy of AK47 is about 2100J, while the elephant gun is over 17000J! It is powerful enough to cause fatal damage to large animals, but the recoil is so great that one person can’t hold it at all. Usually, it is operated by two people, one of whom holds the shooter from behind to prevent him from being hit by the trigger.
Ordinary weapons can’t be killed for a long time. This thing can kill the abyss beast with two shots.
There are many kinds of shotguns, such as bird bullets and deer bullets, which can hunt different prey. When equipped with single-headed bullets, the range can reach more than 90 meters. The projectile is engraved with rifling lines and even has a tail wing to help achieve stable trajectory, which is very lethal. It is often used as an unlocking artifact by military and police. Large-caliber projectiles can also be used to hunt bears.
A single-headed bullet can punch a big hole in a lead block.
In June 2017, when Eliot, an 11-year-old American boy, followed his family through the forest in Alaska, he suddenly met a brown bear who came at them. The adults who walked in front had no time to take off their rifles, and the bear was close to him.
Eliot, a natural hunter
Eliot, who was in the third place, was armed with a shotgun at that time. Seeing that the situation was critical, he fired at once. The first shot hit the brown bear on the shoulder, but it continued to rush forward. At close range, Eliot fired two more shots and successfully knocked down the brown bear. At this moment, the adults took the gun and loaded it with the precious time Eliot won, and rushed forward to shoot another shot to kill the brown bear.
The gun is weak, and real men hunt bears with crossbows!
There are also many hunters who use compound bows and crossbows to hunt. The advantage of crossbows is that they emit very little sound, so they can hide themselves. For example, the British "Wildcat" crossbow has an effective range of 160 meters and an arrow speed of 97.6 meters per second. It is fatal to hit the key point, and the rest is to follow the blood of the prey and wait for the target to bleed to death.
Hundreds of pounds of wild boar were shot by M500.
Of course, hand guns like Shaying and M500 can also hunt bears. Shaying uses 50AE bullet with kinetic energy of about 2200J, while M500 uses .50 Ma Genan bullet with muzzle kinetic energy of up to 4000J! It’s not a problem to put it down with one shot, but the effective range is too close, and it’s just a heartbeat. It’s too exciting. If you miss it, the picture is too beautiful to watch.
The bear came and blew it off.
China has always strictly controlled guns. Even if herders allow guns, the risk of shooting bears is very high. Once a shot is not fatal, bears will either flee quickly after being injured, or they are likely to be angered and launch a fierce attack on the shooter. In fact, bear spray is much more effective than carrying a gun to prevent bears. According to the report of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 50% of the survivors who used guns to defend themselves after being attacked by bears were injured, while among the survivors who used bear spray to defend themselves, the injuries were few and not serious, and 98% of them managed to escape after being in close contact with bears.
In my opinion, in areas with bears, the local government should organize relevant forces, strengthen inspections, ensure the safety of people’s lives, and publicize how to prevent black bear attacks and survive. It is not advisable to popularize guns. A can of bear spray can always be done.