Posted on 01/04/2023 3:56:31 AM PST by marktwain
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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This happened in 1990.
Right? (Al Gore said so.)
/Sarc
Poor, poor, polar bears.
He probably was just stopping over to borrow a cup of vodka.
/EMFFPS - Early Morning Fumble Finger Posting Syndrome
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In the interest of completeness - THIS is a 'Polar Beard' -
I remember a taxidermied specimen from a museum in Alaska. Better than 10 feet tall.
He just wanted a Coke
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!!
“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.
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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.
“Most likely a 7.62 X 25 Tokarev.”
Makarov.
Tokarov 7.62x25
CZ-52
I call it my "hand-cannon" ...
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.
Poor bear was probably trying to get in out of the stifling heat.
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. :^)
How were the polar bears using the weapons to stop the Russians?!
(according to the title)
Just when you think you're winning, the bears up-gun on you:
Tokarev 7.62x25… and now you got me imagining a 308 holster pistol! Lol
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