![]() ![]() I also think the ability to easily add a light to the 10mm Autos is a big advantage. He now carries a modified Glock G20 everywhere. She savaged his arm and shoulder and threw him down a 15-foot cliff, severely injuring him. A friend of mine who was attacked by a grizzly in Western Montana a few years ago during bow season recalls how the sow had him by the arm and that if he’d had a pistol he could have shot her in the head any number of times. It’s quick to deploy, delivers more consistent hits, and with magazines capable of holding 15 rounds (or more) provides more opportunities to kill an attacking bear. So, yes, the 10mm brings a lot more to the party. (I’m glad I didn’t bring the 305-grain hardcast bullets I normally carry in the revolver, which step out at 1,325 fps with 1,189 foot-pounds of muzzle energy.) ![]() And I can vouch that you feel every one of the foot-pounds when you pull the 329’s trigger. According to Hornady’s data, the XTP bullets from a 7.5-inch barrel clock at 1350 fps and generate 971 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. But while our hands were fresh we shot the revolver first. test, none of us were looking forward to running the S&W 329 PD with the Hornady 240-grain JHP loads I had brought along. The autos we used included the following: Glock G20, equipped with a Surefire X400 Ultra, Aimpoint Acro 2.0 red dot, and KKM barrel (35.4 ounces) Smith & Wesson M&P 10mm M 2.0 with a Trijicon RMR (28.5 ounces) and the Springfield Armory XD-M Elite 3.8” Compact with a Hex Dragonfly red dot, Streamlight TLR-3, and GoGun Gas Pedal (33.6 ounces). Watch the video above to see the drill for yourself. ![]() The farthest target was approximately 20 yards away and the closest were about 12 yards downrange. The farthest target was in the center and then we zig-zagged from far left to far right and then to near left and near right to add in erratic motion and increase the stress level. The three of us shot an array of five knockdown steel poppers from far to near to simulate a bear charge. We conducted a live-fire experiment at Gunsite Academy in the form of a simple, but challenging drill. To get a better handle on this debate I enlisted the help of two fellow pistoleros: Sean Murphy, a USPSA Grand Master, and Outdoor Life staff writer Tyler Freel, who by virtue of living in Alaska hunts bears every year. Especially with a hard-kicking handgun torquing on your wrist. ![]() And in light of a grizzly’s top speed-a shocking 35 mph-that is no easy task. The problem is you actually have to hit a bear in order to have a chance of stopping it. Case closed, right? Not so fast, the 10mm vs. ![]()
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