story I remember from an old magazine...

by bj , Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 19:25 (3121 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

From memory I'll try to relate the general gist of the story-
So the hunter, Bob Milek I think, is hunting with a scoped contender, and carrying a lightly loaded .357 revolver as a backup sidearm. He gets treed by a bear and can't do much about it with the contender due to the scope vs. short range. And his sidearm is too lightly loaded to be any help. So the lesson is to bring a sidearm that is equal to the heaviest task it might be put to, and that will naturally vary depending on the geography and other circumstances.