Maybe I have no finesse, but I do not have a death wish either.
I remember reading an article by the founder of Magnaport (I believe his name is Larry Kelly, although I cannot remember right now). In that article, he shot a brown bear at point blank range with a 44 Mag loaded with hard cast bullets when it stuck its head into a cabin with him and his guide. Six shots fired, six hits in the chest and head, the bear turned and walked away like it didn't care. The guide warmed up his 375 H&H, put 3 rounds into the bear and dropped it, primarily because he was required by law to pursue and dispatch any wounded bears. He then proceeded to tell the hunter to never shoot again at an animal unless he told him to. When they skinned out the animal, the rounds had not made it to a vital area, even though they were fired directly into the animal and supposedly would have had full muzzle energy.
So, would I try it with a 9mm? No, not even as a last resort. I would never be in bear country with a 9mm, no matter what type of bullets it was loaded with. The chance of hitting a charging brown bear in the eye socket or directly in the parietal lobe in order to drop it with a 9mm is remote at best. They charge at 35 mph (that's 60 km/h for those on the metric system), they are tough, they usually charge from close range, and they don't tell you when they are going to charge.
No thanks, no 9mm for me! But if you feel like becoming bear scat, you go right ahead!
I remember reading an article by the founder of Magnaport (I believe his name is Larry Kelly, although I cannot remember right now). In that article, he shot a brown bear at point blank range with a 44 Mag loaded with hard cast bullets when it stuck its head into a cabin with him and his guide. Six shots fired, six hits in the chest and head, the bear turned and walked away like it didn't care. The guide warmed up his 375 H&H, put 3 rounds into the bear and dropped it, primarily because he was required by law to pursue and dispatch any wounded bears. He then proceeded to tell the hunter to never shoot again at an animal unless he told him to. When they skinned out the animal, the rounds had not made it to a vital area, even though they were fired directly into the animal and supposedly would have had full muzzle energy.
So, would I try it with a 9mm? No, not even as a last resort. I would never be in bear country with a 9mm, no matter what type of bullets it was loaded with. The chance of hitting a charging brown bear in the eye socket or directly in the parietal lobe in order to drop it with a 9mm is remote at best. They charge at 35 mph (that's 60 km/h for those on the metric system), they are tough, they usually charge from close range, and they don't tell you when they are going to charge.
No thanks, no 9mm for me! But if you feel like becoming bear scat, you go right ahead!
You would have to have the guts and determination of a true hunter and killer to be able to do this I believe. In this scenario you are as they say toast "scorched". 
