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Originally Posted by Windy City
If money is no object, don't buy junk!
Buy an S&W revolver as it will outlast you.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/w...egory_rn=15706
Is a nice concealable piece, and it will retain/increase in value. Don't shoot hollow points, carry full metal jackets.
The first shot could be a Glaser Safety slug or a CCI shot shell. This way a shot to the nose or face could do flesh damage and cause alot of pain but not bleed tha animal to death over a miserable few days.
I would be EXTREMELY careful about your transportation and carry information. Checked guns are no biggy at the airport but ammo can be. Also there are a plethora of carry laws/changes happening in state/federal parks.
FYI pepper spray can work but not always.
The best defense is don't surprise a bear. In Alaska someone would wear a bell or some other jingle jangle while hiking. This would typically forewarn the bruins of our arrival.
I spent many nights, in a tent, in heavy grizzly country with nothing more than my K-Bar. No worries. Don't break the rules. The odds are greater you will get hit by lightning. 
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So the story goes...An Alaskan Park Ranger is breifing hikers about safety in Bear Country where you might encounter various black, brown, and Grizzly bears. The Ranger tells them to put bells on the lace of their hiking boots, so you don't startle a black bear, and carry pepper spray in case you come across a brown's territory, you just spray it in the air to deter any encounter. "You can tell what bear territory you're in by the droppings. Black bear droppings are small with twigs and berries in them, brown bear droppings are larger and might contain animal fur or bones, and Grizzly droppings will have little bells in them and smell like pepper spray."
Good luck with that.