Firearms thread.

[Jim_Alaska]

47 minutes ago, Alimantado said:

You got attacked by bad guys and a wild animal at the same time? That's really bad luck.

No, not by both at the same time. It was just that there was the potential for both scenarios.

22 minutes ago, Alimantado said:

And since you mention fire extinguishers, I wonder whether one might actually be better than a gun in this scenario where foes are coming from more than one direction at once. Maybe one could create a large CO2 cloud and then sneak away, like a squid.

It is interesting that people are always seeking alternatives to a firearm. I equate that to bringing a knife to a gunfight. Not very conducive to preserving one's life.  

[Alimantado]

Well it wouldn't be a knife to a gunfight, would it. That would be ridiculous. It would be a fire extinguisher.

[No Nicolaitans]

2 hours ago, Alimantado said:

Maybe one could create a large CO2 cloud and then sneak away, like a squid.

...more like a ninja! 

[Salyan]

15 hours ago, DaveW said:

I meant to add that if I went camping with Slayan and her friends, I think I would want a rifle with me. Bears unsettle me a bit......

I'm trying to find a picture from one of my camping trips to show you. I was out by Rock Lake (which is the absolute edge of the wilderness: it's an hour from the nearest paved road, down logging roads) for the long weekend one September. It was pretty gloomy out, and I was the last one left in the campground. Went to warm up some lunch at the camp kitchen, and found cat prints as big as my outstretched hand in the soot (looks like something was trying to get at something else in the chimney). Those were some pretty big paws... That's the main problem with hiking on one's own - I can only get about 20 minutes in on the mountain trails before I freak myself out (what with making noise for the bears and looking behind me for the cougars) and have to turn around. :-P

[DaveW]

Yep I understand that. I have seen footage of people stalked by bears and finding big cats or wolves as they are walking.

We did have one occasion where we came back to camp and found a scavenging Goanna searching our camp for scraps.

That's a monitor lizard and this fella was an easy 4 foot body length and then tail following - one of the biggest I have ever personally seen. Tip to tip would have been 7 -8 feet long.

But they are timid and he retreated back into the bush as we arrived.

They are really not dangerous even at that size - not that I would try to play with one. Nasty bite if cornered and long claws too. 

People think Australia is a dangerous place but there is not really much that wants to kill you. 

Over here the animals are cute, the really dangerous ones are easy to avoid or hard to find.

There is a trail here called the Bibbulman track which runs for over 400km and people are walking parts of it all the time - the goal is to walk the entire track and many people do it in sections - take a week at a time. There are very few towns along it, so you have to take food, tent, cooking stuff, water and carry it all yourself.

There are no dangerous animals in the entire region, apart from snakes, and I have never heard of anyone being attacked by anyone or anything whilst hiking it.

It is really nice to be able to just stop the car on a drive and get out and explore the bush without wondering if something there wants to eat you.

:lol:

Edited March 24, 2017 by DaveW

[swathdiver]

6 hours ago, DaveW said:

There are no dangerous animals in the entire region, apart from snakes, and I have never heard of anyone being attacked by anyone or anything whilst hiking it.

I saw Mad Max and you've got them wild donkeys too.  No, you're country's citizens are just as depraved and in need of the Savior as America's citizens, The power of the Holy Ghost and the fear of lead poisoning keeps evil at bay.

[DaveW]

I don't have a fire extinguisher at home either.........

 

But I will just shake my head constantly at some.....

[heartstrings]

My house does; we also have smoke detectors installed and homeowner's insurance.........

[No Nicolaitans]

8 hours ago, heartstrings said:

My house does; we also have smoke detectors installed and homeowner's insurance.........

Oh yeah? Well I can one-up you on that...we also have two carbon monoxide detectors. Take that! 

[Salyan]

How many points is an escape ladder worth in this game? 

[Rebecca]

I don't have any of those things, and I have bars on some of the windows, so if there's a fire I'm out of luck.  

[swathdiver]

While turkey hunting many many years ago my buddy and I were traversing a deeply rutted trail in a swamp to get at the gobblers.  On point and walking in muck and water, enjoying the scenery, when just as I was to plant my right foot on the ground I hear a big HISS!  A 5-foot long Alligator has just surfaced under my boot!  He's as startled as I am, he puffs himself up while I very slowly moved my foot back to plant it on the ground and point the muzzle of my shotgun in his direction (it was already in my hands).  My buddy comes alongside and covers me with his shotgun too.  While I delight in eating tasty Alligators, shooting this little fella was not our goal.  A stiff wind carries him away from us and then he climbed out of the water-filled rut and off into the palmettos.  We breathed a sigh of relief and continued on after those elusive gobblers.

The shotgun in that situation was a tool at my disposal that offered many ways of getting out of that situation should the wind have not provided one.  It's a force multiplier, giving women like Salyan a fighting chance against prey much more powerful and alert than she.  If she carried a weapon, I reckon the creepy music wouldn't play so much in her head.

When I used to dive, sometimes the theme from Jaws would play in my head.  As long as it was the slow part of the song, everything was ok, but when the music sped up, boy them sharks sure did come 'round!  I hunted in the ocean too and often carried a speargun which surely kept the music slow.  That and knowing that I could swim faster than most people in the water kept me from worrying about JAWS!  hehehe

[HappyChristian]

11 hours ago, Salyan said:

How many points is an escape ladder worth in this game? 

Our windows were designed to push out easily (they don't push in, though). How's that? =D

 

[Invicta]

7 hours ago, HappyChristian said:

Our windows were designed to push out easily (they don't push in, though). How's that? =D

 

Our windows push out.  Most windows in this country open outwards or sash windows open upwards.  Except ''Tilt and Turn' and they open inwards.  Most French windows open inwards so they can have shutters on the outside.

[HappyChristian]

21 hours ago, Invicta said:

Our windows push out.  Most windows in this country open outwards or sash windows open upwards.  Except ''Tilt and Turn' and they open inwards.  Most French windows open inwards so they can have shutters on the outside.

Our windows lift up to open. What I meant by "push out" is that, from the inside, we can push on the windows and they will go out of their frames. They are also a bit lower than most windows, so that, in an emergency (like a fire that blocks the way to an exit), anyone can push the window and get out that way.