357 Sig as a woods gun.

[SkippyThe]

What do you all think? What ammo would you carry? I have a Sig. 229 now but am looking at a G31 for a full sized gun. I'm also thinking about another G35 with a 357 bbl. Have any of you used one against a large animal? Ie. cougar, bear, moose? Thanks ST

[Ak.Hiker]

Massad Ayoob reported in an issue of Combat Handguns magazine that a police officer killed a black bear with a 357 Sig. I think the load was the 125 grain Speer Gold Dot. I have read over and over that the 357 Sig works well on pit bulls.

[thejackbull45]

Posters here have reported on shooting cows with 357. The round appears to explode in the head.

[YukonGlocker]

I feel well protected with my G32 on my side when I'm in the woods. I carry the Speer GD 125gr.

[chewybaca67]

I have a G35 with a 357 Sig tube in it. I don't know how much that extra almost inch adds to it, but man! It smokes! I just got all my reloadin' stuff for that cal. so's now the fun begins. I wouldn't feel under gunned in the woods where I'm at. The largest things here in my neck of the woods are Black bears and an occassional cougar. Black bears are a threat hwever, my Mother's nieghbor had one fall through her roof into the kitchen while she was cooking breakfast a few years ago. She got out, and showed up in a panic shock at my folks' hut, but her dog got killed. And her breafast was gone too. 16 rnds. of 357 sig enough to stop a black bear? It's quite speculative, but I still woulndn't feel undergunned.