black bears are becoming more and more of a problem, 10 years ago you never saw one around here and now they are in peoples back yards. I always thought black bears werent dangerous for the most part unless you got between a mother and cub but i was reading an article the other day that reported most attacks were sole males, and they were in a predatory mode, not a startle situation.

i would change ammo but i think the 45 would ok, definitely better than nothing. I went to a 10mm shooting hot loads a couple of years ago as my woods gun.