Re: Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-22 Thread tbsamsel
TheRuritanian Müsli-Kreppendorfer in 16.5 mm is preferred in some speleo circles. R RassendyllFeb 21, 2010 09:51:08 PM, a...@oztotl.com wrote:  I have been caving in Arizona with cavers who carried guns while caving. It seems that other cavers are not too friendly to cavers they find in those

[Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Mark Minton
While it might conceivably be useful to carry a gun _to_ a cave entrance (although not in my personal 40+ years experience), I cannot see any reason at all to carry a gun _into_ a cave. Firing a gun in a cave would risk serious personal injury due to the dangers of ricochet, not to mention that

RE: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Linda Palit
Might make a good mystery/shoot-'em-up book. From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@illinoisalumni.org] Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:08 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns While it might conceivably be useful to carry a gun _to_ a cave entrance

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Fofo
19:10: Might make a good mystery/shoot-�em-up book. *From:* Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@illinoisalumni.org] *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:08 PM *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com *Subject:* [Texascavers] Re: cave guns While it might conceivably be useful to carry a gun _to_ a cave

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Don Arburn
@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns While it might conceivably be useful to carry a gun _to_ a cave entrance (although not in my personal 40+ years experience), I cannot see any reason at all to carry a gun _into_ a cave. Firing a gun in a cave would risk serious personal injury

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread JerryAtkin
@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns While it might conceivably be useful to carry a gun _to_ a cave entrance (although not in my personal 40+ years experience), I cannot see any reason at all to carry a gun _into_ a cave. Firing a gun in a cave would risk serious personal injury due

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Allan Cobb
I have been caving in Arizona with cavers who carried guns while caving. It seems that other cavers are not too friendly to cavers they find in those caves that no one speaks of. Hopefully Texas won't get that way. Um, actually, I have never been caving in Arizona because they have no

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Pete Lindsley
Well, actually I have seen a few rattlers in caves and they occasionally rattled me a bit. Reloaders know that you can substitute #9 shot for the single big bullet and make your own loads like Ronnie's wax bullets. (Commercial Rat shot in a .22 rimfire doesn't do much and only makes them

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Rod Goke
out the dirt and water.Rod-Original Message- From: jerryat...@aol.com Sent: Feb 21, 2010 10:41 PM To: lkpa...@sbcglobal.net, mmin...@illinoisalumni.org, texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns Back in the day, Ronnie Fieseler carried a handgun with special