Per the story, Deputy Jonathan Merry shot a black bear, not a grizzly, and he used 165-gr. Winchester Ranger-T .40, not Speer Gold Dot.HenryAKirk wrote:I heard about a cop who took down a grizzly bear with one shot of 40 S&W Speer Gold Dot on the ProArms Podcast in an interview with Massad Ayoob. So that's gotta be pretty amazing stuff its just not whats in my pistol.
Other than a few details, you got the rest of it right.
Regarding rifles, the story also said:
This makes one think:However, the MCSD members I interviewed felt the issued Hornady TAP 55-gr. .223, and Hornady TAP 110-gr. .308 ammo did the job as intended. Meant as anti-personnel loads that might have to be used in populated Zanesville, they stayed in the bodies of the animals as designed.
Still at large was one of the bigger Bengal tigers. The preceding night had taught the officers the great cats were tough. Ryan Williams estimated they were putting an average of 30 .223 rounds into the lions to keep them down. Tigers run bigger than lions.