  We present BeppoSAX observations of the peculiar long period polar system
V1309 Ori (RXJ0515.6+0105). The source was detected simultaneously at soft and,
for the first time, at hard X-rays with the LECS and the MECS detectors. Both,
the LECS and the MECS light curves are irregular with a bursting/flaring type
behaviour indicating inhomogeneous accretion onto the white dwarf. This
peculiar variability, together with an extreme high soft-to-hard X-ray
luminosity ratio, indicates that in V1309 Ori accretion occurs predominantly in
highly compressed chunks or ``blobs'' of matter. From coordinated ESO optical
spectroscopy, we find indications that the magnetic field strength of the white
dwarf is < 70 MG, not expected either from the 8 hr orbital period synchronism
or from the strong soft-to-hard X-ray ratio suggesting alternative solutions
for sustaining synchronism in this system.
