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Any experience with Crimson Trace laser grips on wheelguns? I'm thinking about getting a set for my S&W Mountain Gun and using them when I'm in the mountains for bear protection. If charged by a bear, I was thinking that these would be helpful in a stressful situation like this -- better than a big dot tritium sight.

What do you think?

Been a LONG time since you posted it, but I guess no one saw this.

I would recommend against. Outdoors, in sunlight, with backgrounds at various distances from your eyes, the lasergrips really suck. If you have the revolver aimed 1 foot left of the bear, it might be pointing the laser over a hill into the sky, so without aiming the pistol conventionally to get very close to your target, the laser is kind of useless. Also, some people I have spoken with who have used their weapons on predators (albeit two legged) seemed to believe that when they focused on their front sight their training came back to them, they slowed down and contolled the sights and the trigger, and got their hits. From this perspective, I would think that focusing on the animal would make sighting and trigger control more difficult.

I have seen a 500 pound griz in the wild. Thats a big bear. Depending on how far he's standing away from you, thats either a decent trophy or a bigger bear than you ever wanted to see in your life.

If you are already used to iron sights, you might as well stick with what you know. I would reccomend a front night sight and a good flashlight if you go out in the woods after dark. When I hunt in AK, we don't go five feet from the cabin to the outhouse, day or night, without a large caliber firearm--.375 Magnum rifle or a .44 Magnum revolver.

My two uncles in AK have both killed bears for their misbehavior. One shot a charging bear with a 12 guage, the other shot a bear that had ransacked his cabin on several occasions, and was at the time of the shooting engaged in the theft of a cooler filled with food. He got about 75 yards from the porch of the cabin before my uncle got a flashlight on him and put a 305gr hardcast from a Model 29 through the vitals. The black bear dropped instantly.

Sorry bout writing a book!