OT- The Ruskies need our assistance

[Andrew]

Saw this just now and thought your guys could get a trip planned if you could hurry.

Russian Miners Too Terrified to Work After Bears Eat 2 Colleagues

[gundownunder]

1540 LB, 10 FT tall and coming at you at 30 MPH, thats enough to turn even the stoutest miners bowels to water.

As for going up there to hunt them, I dont think my 357 would be up to the task .

[Rusty]

Why not just reach down in your shorts and get a handful of that instant bear repellent and throw it at him?

[Ysabel Kid]

This sounds like a job for 86er, a.k.a. "Diamond Joe"!!!

[Gun Runner]

Hang on, some place in my closet I think I have a belt fed "105" recoiless. That should help solve the problem.

Gun Runner

[homefront]

See, there is a legitimate use for a .50 cal bolt action.

Good place for a .45-70, too.

Are the bears in the mine, or is fencing too expensive in Russia?

[TedH]

I'll go! That looks like a job for the rifle in my avatar.

[Ysabel Kid]

I'll go! That looks like a job for the rifle in my avatar.

Yep - I think that may just do the trick!

[Doc Hudson]

I'll go! That looks like a job for the rifle in my avatar.

Yep - I think that may just do the trick!

Unless there happens to be more than two bruins looking at you as if you were the blue plate special of the day.

I like double rifles too, but looks to me like a job for a M-1886 Winchester loaded with Garret 540 grain Hammerheads.

[donw]

i personally don't trust the russians... ...some day you eat the bears, some days the bears eat you...you'd think one of them would at least break out their moisan-nagant left from the siege of stalingrad and have a go at them there bears...

[kimwcook]

Hunting BIG brownies sounds like a lot of fun, with the right gun(s).

[Old Ironsights]

I like a heavy .45-70 but in this case think a Barrett would be just about right...

[awp101]

I like double rifles too, but looks to me like a job for a M-1886 Winchester loaded with Garret 540 grain Hammerheads.

You're thinking too small...Lahti 20mm, mag fed AT cannon:

Lahti next to a PKM MG

In fact, the PKM would be handy as well and I bet there's SCADS of them over there!

[pbslinger]

This sounds like a job a one farmboy from West Virginia with a 30-30 could take care of this problem.

If you shorten the barrel of the Lahti and make it a pistol it would be legal in DC! (top loading magazine)

[awp101]

Yeah, but what about the loss of velocity?

[Missouri Mule]

The Ghost & The Darkness!!!

[Doc Hudson]

I like double rifles too, but looks to me like a job for a M-1886 Winchester loaded with Garret 540 grain Hammerheads.

You're thinking too small...Lahti 20mm, mag fed AT cannon:

In fact, the PKM would be handy as well and I bet there's SCADS of them over there!

Yeah, but that Lahti would tear them up too bad for eating or skinning.

[awp101]

Skinning? I figure the right round would do most of the work...

[O.S.O.K.]

Wow, they are really missing a great opportunity to raise some cash for the locals... auction off a dangerous game hunt featuring 10ft russian brown bears on the safari international discussion board - bet they'd get some takers!

I'm thinking a BLR in .338 Win Mag with 250 grain triple shocks would be great - rapid fire power. A .375 H&H and 300 grain triple shocks would be even better... but you're stuck with a bolt action and no detachable mags...