What would be the best kayak pistol?

Base · 09-19-2003, 04:37 PM

Just back from a four day trip Kayak Camping near the Diablo Dam area of Washington State. Bear warnings where numerous and each campsite I stayed at was equiped with sturdy steel "Bear Boxes" to stow your food in. Unfortunately previous campers to the sites were lax about packing out food scraps and trash. I was woken several times by bears prowling the area. With storage space in a kayak being minimal I had packed the smallest center-fire handgun I owned. I carried with me a early seventies model Colt Detective Special with Federal +P rounds. And when the bears where around I felt - undergunned. So, just thought I'd ask for others opinions on what would be a better choice. The parameters would be...
1. Small to medium frame handgun. Short barrel.
2. Stainless would be best. Titanium - NOT!
3. Equiped with either a large hole in the muzzle area or having the word - MAGNUM - written somewhere in the vicinity.
4. One that would cause only a modicrum of grief when lost overboard due to operator error. (Worse case senario.)

Never having owned a Ruger (center-fire) pistol before I am considering their SP-101.

Regards,

Base

09-19-2003, 04:37 PM	#1
Base User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What would be the best kayak pistol? Just back from a four day trip Kayak Camping near the Diablo Dam area of Washington State. Bear warnings where numerous and each campsite I stayed at was equiped with sturdy steel "Bear Boxes" to stow your food in. Unfortunately previous campers to the sites were lax about packing out food scraps and trash. I was woken several times by bears prowling the area. With storage space in a kayak being minimal I had packed the smallest center-fire handgun I owned. I carried with me a early seventies model Colt Detective Special with Federal +P rounds. And when the bears where around I felt - undergunned. So, just thought I'd ask for others opinions on what would be a better choice. The parameters would be... 1. Small to medium frame handgun. Short barrel. 2. Stainless would be best. Titanium - NOT! 3. Equiped with either a large hole in the muzzle area or having the word - MAGNUM - written somewhere in the vicinity. 4. One that would cause only a modicrum of grief when lost overboard due to operator error. (Worse case senario.) Never having owned a Ruger (center-fire) pistol before I am considering their SP-101. Regards, Base