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On Oct 28, 2:42 pm, "William Black"
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I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci...
This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
pirates. Thoughts?
Don't do it.

You might irritate them.

This may make them even more angry.

If you're going to shoot at pirates please try and kill them.

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

OTOH, if I wanted to get rid of Harry Krause, I'd imitate the weather
forecast "1-2 foot seas, bay and inland waters a light chop" and he'd
disappear.

Now *that's* funny!

In article 34bd2b67-7c6a-4631-a76b-649225a5b795
@y79g2000hsa.googlegroups.com, says...
On Oct 28, 6:45 pm, wrote:
On Oct 28, 2:28 pm, wrote:

I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci...
This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
pirates. Thoughts?

All I can say is if the gun is plastic (which some, are...) your in
for a big surprise...

MY BAD, I forgot about those HUMONGOUS storms on the Chesepeake so I'd
say "Seas 2-3 feet, bays and inland waters a moderate chop" Harry
would respond, "OMG Hurricane a comin, MAYDAY, MAYDAY"

So, we have actual proof that some people dont read. These shells are
DESIGNED to be fired from a 12 guage flare gun, you know, the Orion/
Olin type.

Why not just shoot the pirates with the flare ???

--
Meddle ye not in the Affairs of Dragons, for Thou art Crunchy and taste
Goode with Ketchup.

wrote:
:
:I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
:held flare gun:
:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...specialty-ammo
:This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
irates. Thoughts?
:

If you want to **** them off so badly that they rape you to death this
is probably a good tactic.

--
"The odds get even - You blame the game.
The odds get even - The stakes are the same.
You bet your life."
-- "You Bet Your Life", Rush

On Oct 28, 11:13*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

:
:I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
:held flare gun:
:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci....
:This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
irates. *Thoughts?
:

If you want to **** them off so badly that they rape you to death this
is probably a good tactic.

--

The use of nonlethal weapons against those with lethal weapons is
rarely a good idea.

Boater wrote:
wrote:
I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...specialty-ammo

This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
pirates. Thoughts?


If the pirates are eight-year-old girls or dumb little big-mouth schitts
like loogy, herring, or florida jim, maybe.

Real pirates? They inhale pepper spray to clear their sinuses.

If you are afraid of pirates, get yourself a stainless steel shotgun in
12 gauge and practice with it out on a range. Put a light coat of
protective coating on the shotgun, clean it up once a month at least,
and stow it on boat in a dry bag.

Modern pirates use RPG launchers. You have to match fire power.

Sinking their boat will tend to deter future raids.

Andrew Swallow

" wrote:

:On Oct 28, 11:13*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
: wrote:
:
: :
: :I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
: :held flare gun:
: :http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci...
: :This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
: irates. *Thoughts?
: :
:
: If you want to **** them off so badly that they rape you to death this
: is probably a good tactic.
:
:
:
: The use of nonlethal weapons against those with lethal weapons is
:rarely a good idea.
:

"When invited to a gun fight, bring a long gun. Bring all your
friends with long guns."
-- The Rules

--
"When you enter a room full of armed men, shoot the first
person who makes a move, hostile or otherwise. He has
started to think and is therefore dangerous..."
-- Colonel Paddy Mayne, co-founder of the SAS

wrote:

:I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
:held flare gun:
:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci.
..
:This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
irates. *Thoughts?

If you want to **** them off so badly that they rape you to death this
is probably a good tactic.

Hm, being gay isn't part of the pirate image. :-) I thought rum,
buggery and the lash was the British navy, which some became pirates to
escape. However, these are Somali pirates... "For children, a woman; for
pleasure, a boy..."

The use of nonlethal weapons against those with lethal weapons is
rarely a good idea.

I recall it recently did work; some ship with a sonic weapon
succeeded in driving pirates off with it.

Dennis

Andrew Swallow wrote:

I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci
alty-ammo

This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat
from pirates. Thoughts?

Modern pirates use RPG launchers. You have to match fire power.

So bring an RPG launcer yourself. Better yet, how about a MILAN or
Sagger anti-tank missile? You could *out*-gun them that way!

Can you adapt a Stinger missile or SAM-7 for surface-to-surface use?
You'd have even more range and flexibility that way.

Sinking their boat will tend to deter future raids.

Hanging them from the yardarm would be even more fun, though.

Dennis

On Oct 29, 2:12*am, Dennis wrote:
wrote:
:I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
:held flare gun:
:http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci.
..
:This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat from
irates. *Thoughts?

If you want to **** them off so badly that they rape you to death this
is probably a good tactic.

* * * * Hm, being gay isn't part of the pirate image. *:-) * I thought rum,
buggery and the lash was the British navy, which some became pirates to
escape. *However, these are Somali pirates... *"For children, a woman; for
pleasure, a boy..."

* * *The use of nonlethal weapons against those with lethal weapons is
rarely a good idea.

* * * * I recall it recently did work; some ship with a sonic weapon
succeeded in driving pirates off with it. *

Dennis

I think there was a bit more to it than that. It was a big, fast
ship which used the weapon, along with its size and speed, to evade
the attack....and still got hit with an RPG round. I can't imagine
those tactics would be as successful with a smaller, slower
craft....at least not as effective as a couple .50 cals or Mk-19s.

On Oct 29, 2:17*am, Dennis wrote:
Andrew Swallow wrote:
I found this site with 12 gage pepper shells for loading into a hand
held flare gun:
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...12-gauge-speci
alty-ammo

This would avoid buying a "real" gun for defending ones sailboat
from pirates. *Thoughts?

Modern pirates use RPG launchers. *You have to match fire power.

* * * * So bring an RPG launcer yourself. *Better yet, how about a MILAN or
Sagger anti-tank missile? *You could *out*-gun them that way! *

* * * * Can you adapt a Stinger missile or *SAM-7 for surface-to-surface use? *
You'd have even more range and flexibility that way. *

Sinking their boat will tend to deter future raids.

* * * * Hanging them from the yardarm would be even more fun, though. *

Dennis

Drop a piano on them. They don't pay the crews of the ships captured
to defend the ship. Hanging is a very personal method of killing.
There is a reason hangmen do not show their faces.