SO do you have any of your guns left? I do not remember what all you had but you had quite the collection iirc.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > i used to carry a .45 acp. jono now uses it to shoot rats at the garage. > they are pretty much obliterated by it. probably good for porcupines too! > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> We get porcupines around our camp a lot. They need disposing of as they'll >> kill the trees and literally eat holes in the T111 on the garage. Usually >> we use a .410 or 20ga shotgun but one trip my dad brought a 9mm shotgun. >> A 9mm shotgun uses a 9mm case with a cup full of very small (number 10) >> pellets. They were commonly used for shooting clay targets indoors back in >> the early 1900s. >> >> Anyway one night we get this porcupine eating on the garage so we take the >> 9mm and head out. Dad holds the flashlight (its like 2am) and I give him a >> blast. He slows down but doesn't stop so I give him another, and another >> and another. Finally dad's had enough and gives him a couple blasts with >> his .380 pistol. That seems to finish things for the night. >> In the morning I get up and the dang thing is still alive although it >> can't move. Horrifying. I finally finished it with a couple (yes more than >> one) .22s between the eyes. >> >> The 9mm was clearly not enough for the job, the .380 didn't work out >> because its hard to shoot a pistol in the dark and body shots don't do the >> job. Porcupines have thick skulls so even the .22 had a hard time. >> >> Now we always are sure to have a big enough gun for the job. Worst would >> be if the thing climbed up into a tree to die, it'd have smelled forever... >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:28:29 -0400 >> From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk at walmart >> Message-ID: >> <CACioK3vbhcVFftu3TqhqVmKduf+wfihou5eQc-=+xdsgg7v...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> not for dickarde, it wasn't. he figured he'd take one good shot with the >> bat and the fight would be over but that little beast just kept coming back >> hit after hit after hit. it was maybe the most traumatic experience of his >> life >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars > > * > *www.BuyEUROparts.com* > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
