It was May 10, 1953 and a 63 year old Bella Twin was about to make history.
Sit back and let me tell you a true tale how a little single shot .22 long caliber rifle took down a monster.
When Bella Twin and her partner Dave Auger were hunting small game along a oil exploration cut line in Alberta, Canada they came across a frightening sight: a giant grizzly bear. They were not armed for big game, so they hid off the side of the cut area.
What did Bella Twin have with her? Well it was a Cooey Ace .22 rimfire single shot rifle. Essentially, it was a cheap kid’s gun when the whole family used to hunt to keep food on the table. They were meant to be roughly handled and were of simplistic design. The ammo she had with her were the .22 Long (not the more popular and powerful .22 Long Rifle) cartridges.
That is a bad spot to be in to say the least!
As the bear got dangerously close Bella Twin had her chance at saving both hers and her partner’s lives. With one shot to the brain cavity at close range the bear dropped. She wisely continued to load and shoot into that massive brain cavity until she ran out of ammo. The actual bear skull is below in the picture that bears the holes from those tiny .22 Long projectiles.
Bella Twin sold the rifle, bear skin and bear skull for cash. Her story lives on still in the wilds where the big bears roam.