r/canadaguns • u/Locojester16 • May 06 '26
Misc Carrying a SS-211 for Bear Defense
Recently purchased an ss-211 cos its hilarious, but my best option for something short enough/with enough punch to stop a Grizzly. I live in a fairly small town in BC, and we are lucky enough to be surrounded by crown land however, there are a shit ton of grizzlies and with the amount of close calls/time I spend outside I figured something besides bear spray would be a good investment. My question is this:
Is it safe to carry this thing loaded with safety on in a belt holster? If not, what are some other options/safe bets that allow reasonable deployment time as well as a safe carry option when hiking through rugged terrain.
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u/escv_69420 May 10 '26
If you're strapped for cash, don't bother with some POS turkshit toy gun. Buy a Mossberg Maverick 88, then don't bother brining it. Learn about bears, learn to not attract bears, learn to scare bears away, carry bangers and spray on your belt.
I've lived in rural BC on farms with animals my entire life. Bears are not monsters, real life isn't The Edge. It's not coming to get you. If you're in any kind of conflict with a bear outside of your property, you already fucked up about 25 different ways before you even knew the bear existed. Learn to not make those mistakes and you'll never need a gun. We've shot two bears and a cougar because they were threatening my animals on our property and wouldn't listen to reason (the coug actually attacked my mom, got it's ass beat, and then ate my goat before my neighbor shot it from like 200m away next door.) . In the woods, you shouldn't need to.
I say this as someone who bow hunts on foot aswell, so I'm dealing with fresh, tasty meat alone with just a knife, bangers and spray, and a bunch of pointy sticks. I've had bears bluff charge me, mad dog me off my kills, and just chill in my camp. All of those situations were defused by either playing it cool, or yelling at them. I've never even used bear spray. I've been bear sprayed so I don't fuck with that stuff unless I absolutely have to lol, and I've never had to.