Posted on 12/30/2022 4:09:00 AM PST by marktwain
At 6 a.m., on September 12, 1988, a trapper and his friend were staying at a cabin at Krosspynten, part of the Svalbard archipelago, which is under the jurisdiction of Norway. They were woken by a polar bear boar which had gained entrance to the cabin hallway (probably the air or weather lock to the cabin). The trapper had a .44 magnum revolver. Krosspynten is about a hundred and fifty miles north and eighty miles east of Longyearbyen. Mushamna is about one hundred miles north of Longyearbyen.
The incident report was uncovered with a Freedom of information Act (FOIA) request by AmmoLand. Individual names have been redacted. The report was translated into English, so it has been edited for readability, and a fictitious name has been substituted. From the FOIA account, incident 142:
Oscar and a friend were staying at the cabin at Krosspynten. At 6 AM, a bear entered the cabin hallway and woke them up. The bear had been rummaging in there for a few seconds before they knocked on the wall to drive it away. The bear went outside. A few seconds later, it came around to the front of the cabin and smashed the window of the room where they were. The bear backed up, then accelerated and threw itself at the window. It destroyed the window bar and made the wall of the cabin bulge dangerously inwards. At that moment, Oscar thought the wall would collapse. The bear was halfway inside the cabin; its front paws, head, and a part of the upper body were through the window.
Oscar thought the wall would collapse if he didn’t do anything. He had no choice but to shoot the bear. He had his revolver by the bed and fired one shot into the throat of the bear.
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Hey! Beats the “Why did Bob Dylan hate the Beatles?” threads. I’d much rather read about guns than read some Freeper who incessantly posts his useless meandering blogs in “News.” (Which always necessitates a mod having to move it to “blogs.”)
“This is why polar bears should not have revolvers.”
Preserve your right to arm bears.
‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do you, punk?”
And on that day the price of a S&W M-29 went out of sight! All I could afford was a Ruger Blackhawk. 3 screws at that.
Could have been on a tropical island...
Just ask Sawyer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJOIHb4vxs
I managed to pick up an S&W Model 29 no dash and a Model 629 over the years but they are safe queens. I live in black bear country and carry a S/A Virginian Dragoon .44 magnum when I am around the property.
My son-in-law was cleaning out my mother-in-laws gutters this fall and while up on the ladder by himself heard a bear in the woods behind him grunting and carrying on. All he had was a Taurus G2 in 9mm. He fired a round into the ground and the bear moved on. He bought a house about 6 miles from us and is having bear issues. Long gun wise he’s fine, AR15 and a .12 gauge Mossy500 to deal with it. My daughter asked if they could borrow a .357 magnum for the house. I loaned them a S&W Model 65 with hunting loads. I wouldn’t want to face a bear with anything less than a .357.
However, the polar bear should not have continued breathing for so long.
Lots of meat on the polar bear. It was probably wasted in the movie/show.
Yeah, I believe it. The way he says it is just so funny....
yeah, same guy played Eddie Mustafa in The Enforcer. Harry wasn’t .....how shall we say......politically correct. Clint knew the streets and who was who...:)
I ran into a guy with a Smith .44, and asked if I could check it over. The frame was marked Mod. 57. I said your bought this in the early 70’s didn’t you? Sure enough.
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