Reaper, Those sayings are going up on the shop wall here. Thanks!

TR, I learned the second one under other wording, Go Big or Go Home :D

AM has a Browning 1892 in 44 Mag and I could scarcely imagine a better partner for a Major caliber Hand gun than a lever rifle

Harsey you should look into a couple of accessories for racoon dispatching; a suppressor and the .22 SSS (sniper subsonic) from aquila. The suppressor is obvious, it'll allow you to shoot whenever without irriating the neighbors, the aguila .22 SSS is about twice as heavy as a normal .22 LR and very effective.

I've used them on coons and as long as you're relatively close, you're good to go. They have a lot more "oomph" than the normal 30 gr .22 lr's.

The only issue is the really heavy bullet doesn't stabilize as well because of the slower twist so long range accuracy isn't anything to crow about. But I was shooting out my back window at probably 10-20 yards and they were great.

I unfortunately can confirm the power of a .22 pellet as im scheduled for surgery friday to have the one in my left hand removed.

Too bad, that is normally a job for the Team Medic.

Oh, Dooooccccccc!!!:eek:

TR

something tells me medic wont be my MOS as i went in there with a pair of tweezers and only managed to pull out a hunk of flesh. I did think to steralize the tweezers though.

War Story.

Team 180A has a cyst on his elbow, been trying to get an appointment at Womack Army Medical Center for a while.

Team Medic says, "You don't need all of that to remove a cyst, we can do that here in the team room."

Cut to Chief, sitting in team room chair, elbow draped, anesthetized, elbow opened up.

Junior Engineer assisting, has a set of forceps buried deep in the elbow, and yells, "I GOT IT, let ME rip it out!!!"

Senior medic goes, "No Mark, that is a vein, not a cyst."

Junior Engineer (disappointed) goes, "Well can I rip it out anyway?"

Chief gets restless, issues nervous, but nasty look.

Fun and games on an ODA.

TR

Good one! Our favorite medic?

Another Story...
 

We were training Philippine Rangers some years ago. Had this one PI Ranger, PVT Dumbass that kept placing the muzzle of his weapon on his foot and resting on the butt stock. The first time I saw him I told him not to do that as it was a bad habit and one that could get him shot. He shrugged his shoulders, stood up straight and continued to soldier.

Monday morning, the Rangers return to train with us. Dumbass is not to be seen. I ask where Dumbass is and where’s our team medic? Someone says Doc is seeing one of the PI Rangers. I say fine and wait for Doc to return.

Doc returns after a long time and I ask what was the problem. He said, “well you remember Pvt Dumbass, he shot himself in the foot, just like you said he would.� Our TL just caught the last part of the conversation and started to become unglued. “We’ve got to report this, a serious incident, it has to be reported to higher!� (His first trip OCONUS)
I said “Sir, how Pvt Dumbass entertains himself on his own time is on him. Doc how bad is it?�
Doc: “We’re going to have to debried the wound and place him on some antibiotics etc.�
Me, “Well that’s just fine, who on the team has not debrided a wound? Pvt Dumbass just became a training aid.�
We didn’t report it. Pvt Dumbass took a 5.56 right through the middle of the foot and fully recovered, thanks to our medic. Good training.