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

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
Hmm, this is a good chance for mentioning this. A California caver just published a book that, yup, involves a gun in a cave. You can find it in Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/ygvllxr (and you'll see Bill Mixon's review of it at the page in Amazon) - Fofo Linda Palit wrote, on 21/2/10

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread Don Arburn
Where the Sun Dont Shine by Fred L. Wefer Don's iPhone. On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Linda Palit lkpa...@sbcglobal.net wrote: 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:

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cave guns

2010-02-21 Thread JerryAtkin
Back in the day, Ronnie Fieseler carried a handgun with special wax bullets to use in cave entrances in case he encountered the odd rattlesnake. Worked quite well as I remember. The bullets had a good bit of hitting power yet melted on impact into harmless liquid that wouldn't ricochet

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