Ideas for camping/truck gun suitable for bear?

[Roy]

Well it has been covered pretty good i think but Id like to throw my .02 in.

Id listen to PAT as he does this for a living up in big country..

for me it would depend on what size bears we are talking about and where id be. I like my 1895 for about anything that walks and needs to be put down. Ive been running a lever gun since i started hunting. Id shoot some 400-500 grain hard cast bullets out of it for big bears or some 300 grains for black bears or pigs.

Or my Trusty 870 pump gun with ghost rings and some Brenekee Rotwell slugs.. Not a huge fan of buck shot for this type of thing.

cool thing about a pump is if it is a CAMP gun you can throw shot in it and put some food inthe camp pot as well..

these are my thoughts not yours.. ROY

[vodomagoo]

47-70 or shotgun. here on the east coast I would never really consider a big bore rifle over a shotgun though even though a 45-70 would be amazing to own but would not really get used.