If you know Smith and Wesson .45s, I need your help.
I borrowed this gun from my dad's arsenal (my dad died last year, so I borrowed it from my mom who really knows nothing about it), so that I'd have a significant protection weapon when my family, including my two todler granddaughters, go camping this summer in bear country. The gun is a Smith and Wesson .45 model 4506--semi-auto. I really know nothing about handguns except for revolvers, so any help you can give me on how this thing works, I'd appreciate a lot. I want to go out and learn to use it before I have to use it---and hopefully, I won't have to use it.
Re: If you know Smith and Wesson .45s, I need your help.
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Originally Posted by jimflint1
I'd have a significant protection weapon when my family, including my two todler granddaughters, go camping this summer in bear country. The gun is a Smith and Wesson .45 model 4506--semi-auto.
IMHO, you don't have "significant protection" from a bear with a .45 ACP. Very poor choice of caliber for a pistol in bear country.
You'd be better off with just about any magnum revolver, .357 and up (depending on where and the type of bear perhaps).
My ex-bro in law carrys a .45 Long Colt for bear in AK, but, he's retro.
Never been a fan of Smith's autos. They do know their way around revolvers, though.
Cheers,
-Brian in SLC
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Originally Posted by Brian in SLC
You'd be better off with just about any magnum revolver, .357 and up (depending on where and the type of bear perhaps).
jimflint1, as much as I love the .45 ACP round and I do like the S&W autos, he is right, a magnum revolver would better serve you if bears are the main concern.