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If necessary I'd use a 20 ga slug on a black bear at close range. But not any buckshot from any gauge..except maybe the 10 at close range. Also, I used to live in Alaska for a while in an area where black bears had been known to attack people(Healy Clear Anderson area). The one thing they really seemed to be afraid of was the women when they got together to pick blue or raspberries. Them women all carried guns. Mostly 30 carbines with 15 and 30 round mags. Figure 10 women ...so anywheres from 150 to 300 rounds flying through the air at 'em. The bears did usually skedaddle.