Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
I wouldn't intentionally carry a .22 rimfire in case of a coyote attack.
I have not scanned through all the cases in the bear attack link in some time, but i believe one of the few failures involved a few very foolhardy lads in Norway who tried to stop a POLAR BEAR with a .22 revolver.
<--- Does not recommend that.
Another of the documented cases involved a guy emptying multiple magazines from a Ruger .22 autopistol into a bear, which eventually did the trick. I am no great expert, but having access to all the real world data as we do in 2020, I do not recommend a .22LR of any kind against bears (not to mention basic common sense), and for this reason I have always viewed ".22 survival rifles" with suspicion.
They're great until the die of fate rolls a bear attack into your destiny. And then they are not so great at all.