I like the 357 story best it reminds me of another story I heard many years ago>
Some guy was out hunting but not for bear... ran into a grizz worked his lever action "like never before" he said. Bear came right at him but veered off the last minute so he was sure he had a couple of "good hits". So he and 2 other buddies went out looking for this bear. He took them were it all began. Thats were it ended too, They found all five of his 30-30 shells on the ground - never fired!