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Polar Bear Attack on Russians Stopped with Handgun and Rifles
AmmoLand ^ | January 2, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 01/04/2023 3:56:31 AM PST by marktwain

Here is the incident, lightly edited:

Around 1PM Alek and Boris woke up from banging on the door. Alek got up and went to the door and discovered there was a polar bear outside. He had a signal flare in his hand. When he was about to open the door, he heard the bear snorting and thought that the bear’s head was at the same height as his. He didn’t dare to open the door. He didn’t set off the signal flare. When the bear continued to hit the door, the two others got up. Alek accessed a 7.62 mm handgun, and Boris and Igor each took a 7.62 mm rifle.

They had sausages, butter, and other groceries in the hallway.  The bear was probably smelling this and trying to reach the food. The people thought if the bear broke through the door and into the cabin, the situation would become life-threatening. There would be very little time to aim and fire. The cabin was already crowded.

Considering the situation, Alek fired one shot through the door with the pistol. He fired upwards so the shot would go through the door at approximately head height and angled upward. The bear continued to hit the door, and Alek now fired a shot with the rifle. He was scared and shaken. He was convinced the bear was standing on two legs and that its head would be at the height of the middle of the door. He thus fired through the door at that height to hit the bear in the head/ neck region. He was scared for his life, and so were the others, this is why he tried to kill the bear.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: attack; banglist; bear; norway
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When a polar bear is trying to break into your cabin, it probably is not freindly.
1 posted on 01/04/2023 3:56:31 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

This happened in 1990.


2 posted on 01/04/2023 4:07:53 AM PST by lee martell
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To: marktwain
We will not need to worry about this sort of thing shortly.
Global warming is rapidly killing off all of the polar beards.

Right? (Al Gore said so.)

/Sarc

Poor, poor, polar bears.

3 posted on 01/04/2023 4:08:16 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: marktwain

He probably was just stopping over to borrow a cup of vodka.


4 posted on 01/04/2023 4:14:12 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: GaltAdonis
"....polar beards..." = 'polar bears'

/EMFFPS - Early Morning Fumble Finger Posting Syndrome

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In the interest of completeness - THIS is a 'Polar Beard' -


5 posted on 01/04/2023 4:39:13 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: marktwain
Paws up, don’t shoot!

I remember a taxidermied specimen from a museum in Alaska. Better than 10 feet tall.

6 posted on 01/04/2023 4:44:35 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: marktwain

He just wanted a Coke


7 posted on 01/04/2023 4:54:16 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: marktwain

A 7.62 handgun? I didnt know there was a such. What is the other number that goes with the 7.62? I KNOW it couldnt be 64, like my old Reussian military rifle. It would tear your hand off!!


8 posted on 01/04/2023 5:24:20 AM PST by weezel
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“A 7.62 handgun? I didnt know there was a such.”

Most likely a 7.62 X 25 Tokarev. It’s a bottle nosed pistol cartridge issued by the Soviet military during WWII. It’s a relatively light bullet but it moves very fast and penetrates very deep. How well it would work against a hungry polar bear, I don’t know.

The rifle could be chambered in either 7.62x39 or 7.62x51.

L


9 posted on 01/04/2023 5:31:51 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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“When a polar bear is trying to break into your cabin, it probably is not freindly.”

The Bear was trying to open his box lunch.


10 posted on 01/04/2023 5:35:32 AM PST by dljordan
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“Most likely a 7.62 X 25 Tokarev.”

Makarov.


11 posted on 01/04/2023 5:36:44 AM PST by dljordan
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To: weezel

Tokarov 7.62x25

CZ-52

12 posted on 01/04/2023 5:45:01 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: weezel
It would tear your hand off!!

I call it my "hand-cannon" ...

13 posted on 01/04/2023 5:46:19 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: GaltAdonis

According to Seaworld Parks... “Polar bears are strong swimmers; they swim across bays or wide leads without hesitation. They can swim for several hours at a time over long distances. They’ve been tracked swimming continuously for 62 miles (100 km)”

Don’t worry... They’ll be fine.


14 posted on 01/04/2023 5:47:04 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: marktwain

Poor bear was probably trying to get in out of the stifling heat.


15 posted on 01/04/2023 5:47:59 AM PST by Clarancebeaks
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To: dljordan

Makarov is 9X18. It sits right between a .380 which is 9X17 and a 9mm luger cartridge which is 9X19. The Makarov is certainly powerful enough to kill a human but I wouldn’t want to use it for self defense against a bear.

likewise the 7.62X38 Nagant revolver cartridge is roughly equivalent to a .32 in the US (at least the Soviet military cartridge is - its more powerful than the civilian rounds made by Privi Partizan). In other words, its totally inadequate for self defense against a bear.

The 7.62X25 Tokarev round is modelled after the 7.63 Mauser round. both aren’t that big but are very fast. Until the advent of .357 magnum in the mid 1930s, the 7.63 Mauser was the fastest handgun round in the world. Gangsters in the 20s liked using Mauser c96 broomhandle pistols because except for a single variant during WWI, they fired the 7.63 Mauser round and that was the only pistol round that could reliably penetrate car doors. The 7.62X25 Tokarev can still defeat some of the lower level body armor such is its penetrating power.

The Tokarev is smaller than I’d like to have against a bear for self defense, but it would have the penetrating power to kill one if you hit it in the right place. I’m certain the pistol he used fired the Tokarev round. I’d guess it was a TT30 which were common in the Soviet Union.

and yes, I’m a gun collector/history nerd. :^)


16 posted on 01/04/2023 6:05:32 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: marktwain

How were the polar bears using the weapons to stop the Russians?!
(according to the title)


17 posted on 01/04/2023 6:06:13 AM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: marktwain
"Polar Bear Attack on Russians Stopped with Handgun and Rifles"

Just when you think you're winning, the bears up-gun on you:


18 posted on 01/04/2023 6:12:59 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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“When a polar bear is trying to break into your cabin, it probably is not freindly.” The Bear was trying to open his box lunch. "


19 posted on 01/04/2023 6:16:35 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: weezel

Tokarev 7.62x25… and now you got me imagining a 308 holster pistol! Lol


20 posted on 01/04/2023 6:17:16 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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