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What do you carry?
Grunt:
I've never been robbed at gunpoint. I have been quite a number of gunfights. When I was serving as a Marine grunt in Vietnam getting shot at was a daily event. After eleven months of walking point, setting in night ambushes, combat patrols, hole watch, and assaults on fortified positions, I took a round from a .30 cal machine gun through my hip. Getting shot was the best thing that ever happened to as it allowed me to survive. Ever since then I've always had a gun handy everywhere I go. I shoot regularly. You see, even though it was the best thing that ever happened to me I don't want to get shot again.
Wolf Watcher:
I carry a Judge that shoots 410 triple Ott buck and 45 long colts. Have the shells stagered. They tell us that pepper spray is a good deterrent for Griz so I carry both spray and the Judge. We have had several people killed and eaten this past year. Some areas the sound of a shot when hunting elk will bring the griz in and they take over the kill. When the wolves kill an elk and only eat part or none of it the caucus becomes bait for the griz and wandering up on one of those kills is a real problem. Hawk Huston has a bear dog named Ditch that has kept him out of harms way many times. To be honest carrying a gun for bear protection for me is more of a mental thing than actually thinking I can protect myself in a close encounter. Joe
cowboy:
I've never been in any "situation's" unless you wanna count the teenage fence hoppin days when I heard a gunshot or two while I was runnin hell bent for heaven ;D. But I do like to cary the 45 in the console and the 380 whilst I'm out huntin rocks and stuff :).
mullet:
One thing I'll add to Pat's comment. It's not the same now as it was when I was 28, and Pat doesen't hang out in the ghetto of Savannah anymore. I used to shoot pool for money on the "other side of the tracks" when I was young, too and had a head full of "Froe". 8)
bryan irwin:
Colt King Cobra 357 magnum.
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