i have a glock 29 loaded with hot doubletap loads, black bears are the biggest thing im likely to come up on as well as 2 legged critters, the 10mm should take care of any of them and 15 shot capacity is nice. Probably for what you need it for id look at anything from a 45acp or 10mm if you like autoloaders, or 357/41/44 mags if you like revolvers.