[pct-l] Weapons on the trail

[Reinhold Metzger]

Aaahhh,....you guys are nothing but a bunch of green horns!!!
If  it's protection on the trail you want, forget the Magnum, forget the 
AK-47, forget the M-16.
Take the  3.5 ( Bazooka )....it will penetrate 11'' of homogeneous steel 
and flatten anything that walks or stalks....even Trail Pirates.

Better yet, take a flame thrower.....it will not only immobilize any 
beast of prey, but it will turn them into instant pot roast.
You won't need a stove.
BTW......Trail Pirates make good pot roast.

JMT Reinhold
The deadliest gunner in Vietnam

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Brick Robbins wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Andrew Siemer <asiemer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thank you all!  Ex military guy so the first thing i think to ask is what weapon i would bring with me or more importantly if i can bring one at all.  Again...thanks!
>>     
>
> Personally, for a rifle, I've always preferred a Kalishnikov AK-47
> over the M-16, but the M-16 is 0.5lbs lighter, so that may make it a
> better choice for a thru hike.
>
> There is quite a bit of variability in the weight of ammunition, but
> generally, the 5.56mm ammunition that the M-16 uses is lighter than
> the 7.72mm used by the AK-47, so one more point for the M-16.
>
> In a typical combat environment the reliability and the stopping power
> of the 7.62mm round arguably make the AK a better choice, but for a
> thru hike, where the chances of meeting hostile forces or hearing
> shots fired in anger are about nil, the lighter M-16 with it's lighter
> ammunition is definitely a better choice.
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