two .38s, a 20 gauge winchester and an 8mm mauser rifle.  maybe still a .22
rifle as well somewhere


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net>wrote:

> 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>
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> >> 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
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