Newspaper article WFG investigation
https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreat...cle_c5913d2a-4889-5fa9-89d8-e44562b06717.html
https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreat...cle_c5913d2a-4889-5fa9-89d8-e44562b06717.html
No telling, but I have had fail to fire on my G23 with crappy ammo where the primer was seated poorly in 4 out of 10 rounds...could have been good ammo, but that one in 10,000 rounds where the primer wasn't seated properly and he had a light strike. ******** happens, as they say.Curious as to why the Glock didn’t fire and what model it was. I always thought a pistol of standard calibers would be pretty useless in stopping a bear attack. I would think you would want to carry a shotgun with rifled slugs.
Glocks' no safeties operation requires one serious key item for safe carry and operation. A kydex holster that properly covers the trigger and securely holds the pistol. Mine is always in a Raven's OWB, or Crossbreed IWB.
Many hikers and hunter get lazy and carry the pistol in a pouch or pocket. It's not safe there, and has to be carried without a round in the chamber that way. Really, Glocks are for on person carry only. On the belt, in a holster. Never purse, suitcase, pouch. There is now way I could charge and use a pistol under stress, in 2 seconds. I'll bet that was part of his problem.
Even though I carry, I go to my bear sray first. I don't want to blast a bear for a simple bluff charge, and the spray is more likely to have a positive effect. Noone is going to laugh at you for having bear spray on you backpacks hip belt.
Most holsters will not fit on a pack belt and many places still require the firearm to be concealed leaving pouches of some sort as one of the viable options.