https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/def...#axzz5i7K0p2zP
First, it is highly unlikely any cast bullets were used.
Second, If it should be moved to another forum, please do so.
Anyway, I found it an interesting read. Would I hunt any bear with a pistol? Certainly not by choice!! But they may not be as ineffective as I once thought.
I have been out a few times during training season with bear hunters who use dogs. We cannot shoot a bear that is mauling a dog during training season. Some guys carry pistols in case things get ugly.
This year one of the guys who runs with another group of bear hunters got a lesson. A bear had been shot with a rifle but was still fighting the dogs. He fired a couple of .357 rounds into the bear and then walked up close to put one into the bears head. CLICK!!!. He had not fully loaded his .357...(or maybe in the excitement had shot more than he thought?) The bear clawed him badly and he nearly lost his manhood. He was in the hospital for a while.
BTW, it seems common here to walk up and put a couple of rounds into the bears head when it falls from the tree...just to be sure it is dead. I tend to believe part of it is bravado....walking up close to deliver the coup de grace. But it might also reflect poor marksmanship skills.