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Will bear spray stop a charging bear or at that point are you basically fucked?

Discussion in 'Outdoors' started by TacoManTaco, Dec 24, 2018.

  1. Dec 25, 2018 at 10:58 AM
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    stun gun

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    It’s a fuckin mosin


    Bear amateur hour up in hurr
     
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  2. Dec 25, 2018 at 10:58 AM
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    Where was the spray? Also seemed to leave just fine with noise and didn’t get aggressive. Also it was more then likely a juvenile.
     
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  3. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:03 AM
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    Fuckin huh? So still 7.62 rounds on a stripper clip. Glad all is “bear amateurs” just got schooled. What makes the ones living in places with bears and advocating avoidance amateurs?
     
  4. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:03 AM
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    Take a selfie with it. Try that.
     
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    wasnt no bear spray but if he was a mean one you wouldnt have stopped him.they all have different personalities. just posted to show up close with a bear. and he may have been 3yr. 200+ was letting him go anyway he just left a little early:thumbsup:
     
  6. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:04 AM
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    Take a selfie with what? I don’t understand what you’re trying to get at?
     
  7. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:04 AM
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    Huh
     
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    You said take a selfie with it to me, makes no sense what you are referring to.
     
  9. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:05 AM
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    Wut??
     
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  10. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:06 AM
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    Wut?
     
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    Ooh samesies lol
     
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  12. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:20 AM
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    It means "fixed it for you"

    The gun looks like a Russian semi auto rifle, pistol version. Maybe an SVT40. They shoot a 7.62x54 or something to that effect. Around 30-06 power level.

    Bad ass looking little gun. Don't forget the ear plugs!!!!!

    EDIT: it's a mosin. Hahaha. My bad. Looked like a straight pull bolt handle at first.
     
  13. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:25 AM
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    Cheapman's Bear Spray...……..but it works.
     
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    Kind of feel like we should just have a separate "bears" sub forum at this point. I came to TW to find out what size tires I could fit without a lift, I stayed to learn that I will probably be eaten by a bear at some point in my life.
     
  15. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:26 AM
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    7.62 is closest to .308, in fact .308 can shoot 7.62, just not the other way around. Comparison is similar to .223 and 5.56, except 5.56 can shoot .223, where as .223 can’t shoot 5.56. Very familiar with 7.62, as I have shot thousands of that caliber over the years.
     
  16. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:28 AM
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    lol what’s wrong with just saying “fixed it for you?”
     
  17. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:31 AM
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    That’s a very different kind of 7.62 in a Russian mosin nagant.
     
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    Just responding to the “feels like” part. I’m sure it is considering standard NATO is 7.62x51 and there are a few variants for mosin, up to 7.62x54.

    I just have not seen that variant. Most of what I know are AK variants and our standard military weapons.
     
  19. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:43 AM
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  20. Dec 25, 2018 at 11:47 AM
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    Millennial troll? Not doing much but making yourself look like a douche.
     
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