hand gun for black bear hunting

10 mm is a 40 cal bullet and a 44 mag is 44 cal. If you can look up some ballistic test on youtube.

 

a 10mm is slightly below .40" and .44 mag is about .430"

 

Miss read you. 10 mm is the biggest you go in auto, other than 50 ae. 454, 500 s&w.

 

a springfeild .375 sig is one that i was looking into getting. opinions?

 

10 mm and 40 use .401 bullets, trust me I know. Ive been looking for a bullet mold for hard cast 40

 

A .357 sig is comparable to a .40 cal. Hell you can pretty much shoot them out of the same gun IIRC

 

so a .40 is a good option?

 

I wouldn't trust it. I would personally use nothing less than a 44 mag for bear

 

357 sig would be better than 9mm, 40 s&w, and 45 acp IMO. 357 sig is moving faster and has better penetration. Just remember no mater what handgun you have it will always be weaker than a rifle.

 

how much would that run u price wise

 

Depends on what make you get

 

well whats good? and there all revolvers right?

 

On cheaperthandirt.com they have them starting out from 450 up to 1000.

 

I believe .357 sig is just used in autos. .357 mag is revolver

 

so what ur option on a .375sig. and all 44 mags r revolvers right?

 

No not all are revolvers, 357mag,44 mag, 45 long colt, 454, and 500 is revolvers. 9mm, 40s&w, 357 sig, 45 acp, and 50 ae, is semiauto. If you want a a revolver 357 mag is a good hunting round.

 

http://www.coonaninc.com/products.php/pistol/cPath,5

Good 357 MAG auto

 

Yea but its kinda $1500 so...... Revolver for me
Nice looking gun tho.

 

44 mag and above. I did a lot of research before purchasing my 6.5" 500 mag. Was very seriously considering a 454 Casull. Very happy and confident with my 500 decision, though.

 

It's more than just the gun. You have to match a good round to go with it. For bear you need a heavy soft point round for penetration through a bear's thicker skull or bone. For the smaller black bear I carry a 6" .357 mag using buffalo bore heavy 180 gr. or corbon hunter in 180 gr. Both are designed for bone smashing penetration. I would not recommend a hollow point round. If I was needing protection from brown bear I wouldn't use anything less than a .44 mag with a heavy round. For grizzly bear they say a .44 mag will work but it would be a 454 or 460 for me. Once again never use hollow points with bears.