As I recall a Brown bear was taken by a young Eskimo girl, who was out blackberry picking with her boyfriend, many years ago. This bear stayed on the top of the record list for many years. As I recall the bear did not actually charge her but was coming down a path in the briars directly towards her. She waited until it got within "Spitting" distance & when it turned its head a bit to the side she shot it with a Single Shot .22 rimfire using "Longs", not LR. She had to shoot it a bunch more times but finally, put it down for keeps. I have seen a p[icture of it hanging with her standing beside it holding her little Rifle.
When I was doing my squirrel hunting I was hunting for the pot, which was why I hunted mostly in the early season to take advantage of the tender young "hatch". I dearly loved a young tender fried squirrel. My average shot was more on the order of 50 feet, never tried for 100-200 yard shots. Those CCI's out of that lowly Mossberg was plenty accurate for those conditions.
Brent, I shot a Win Low-Wall chambered for .22 short & long a couple of weeks ago. This gun was bought for my Dads younger Brother by my Grandfather back in the depression for less than a Dollar as my Dad recalled.
It was passed on to my uncle's son, my first cousin who only had girls who were not interested in shooting so he gave it to my Grandson. It was the first Gun I ever shot, period, but never owned it.
