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Originally Posted by Fire
Okay... you have been told the realities of the situation by men with experience in handling and using guns.... you have been told the truth as related by people who have actually been to the place you are talking about.... and been told about real world bear attacks....... you have been directed to multiple sources on the effects of different rounds on different things...... you have even had combat vets tell you that you are full of shit.....
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You dont need to be in the army to apply knowledge with common sense.
I certainly have taken on board the comments that assault rifle bullets may not pierce the heavy layers of fat and muscle on a bear... but we are talking about taking shots at his fragile skull, not into his huge body.
The assault rifle has two big advantages over a more powerful single shot rifle
1 - an inexperieced shooter (like me) might not be the best shot under pressure - as you alluded to in your comments before editing them... with a rifle I might have one shot, which I might miss... with a Galil assault rifle I can spray the bear with multiple shots aimed at his head - which is far more likely in fact to kill the bear than a single shot that might be 50/50
2 - also, bears sometimes operate in groups... if two or three bears attacked even a skilled hunter with a single shot rifle would be screwed... the man with the assault rifle again can take down these beasts with a pray of armour piercing bullets - perhaps they are not able to pierce the bears huge body, but certainly they can easily kill with head shots. The fact you can take multiple shots in seconds means you are far more likely to get a kill shot than a single well aimed shot.
Like a sniper, if you are hunting and have a scope and all the time in the world to take a single well aimed shot, a more powerful rifle might be best... but for self defence for the above reasons the assault rifle would be best.
The Galil is the best assault rifle because of its superior quality to the M16 and AK47. In the situation of facing a lunatic bear attacking you if your gun jams you'd be done for.