<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Tactical Hermit]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[The Tactical Hermit]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com/author/thetacticalhermit/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Close Quarters Rumble With a Pissed Off&nbsp;Grizzly]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<h1 class="header-no-marquee" style="text-align:center;"><img data-attachment-id="18688" data-permalink="https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/close-quarters-rumble-with-a-pissed-off-grizzly/bear_9mm_f/" data-orig-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg" data-orig-size="848,477" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="bear_9mm_f" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=848" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-18688" src="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=576" alt="bear_9mm_f" srcset="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg 848w, https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=150&amp;h=84 150w, https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169 300w, https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bear_9mm_f.jpg?w=768&amp;h=432 768w" sizes="(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px"   /></h1>
<h1 class="header-no-marquee" style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2016/8/10/alaska-outfitter-defends-fishermen-from-raging-grizzly-with-9mm-pistol/">Alaska Outfitter Defends Fishermen from Raging Grizzly with 9mm Pistol</a></h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">(click on above link to be re-directed to source page)</p>
<p>Whew!! Talk about a Ass Puckering experience! I think I might have tipped that guide an extra C Note when we got back to the Cabin!</p>
<p>This article reminds me of two things:</p>
<ul>
<li>The saying by Jeff Cooper that goes something like <em>&#8220;Any Gun Will Do in a Pinch, as long as you will DO!&#8221;</em></li>
<li>This<strong> <a href="https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2016/8/9/bullet-penetration-and-expansion/">article </a></strong>which boils down all the hooplah and bias about different handgun calibers and states what most all of us have known for a long time: regardless of caliber, Shot Placement is King.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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