GCTom,
With that S&W 500 I think that the trick is you give it to the bear to shoot???

Sure way to kill it!!!!

I touched off a 444 Marlin in a T/C Contender with 6 inch bbl once. I did say once...right?

I will tell you,when I touched that off,I knew that the bull pooped in the buckwheat for sure!!!!!!!!!!

Wayne