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- From: rmihara%ocf.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Randall A. Mihara)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Weapon for defense from cows
- Message-ID: <1emipbINNim4@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 03:17:51 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov21.134449.10187@reed.edu> todd@reed.edu (Todd Ellner) writes:
- #I've got a self-defense situation that's a little different from most
- #of the ones I see here. It's cows.
-
- Well, I normally use a box of twinkies to lure them back into the
- Jenny Craig clinic...oh, you mean the other types of cows:-)
-
- #My question is, what is a good weapon to carry in case we run into the nastier
- #one's far from our vehicle? So far the recommendations are:
-
- If you want a pistol, how about a Freedom Arms .454 Casull? It should have
- enough punch to stop a cow.
-
- If you want a rifle that will absolutely stop a cow, get a McMillan .50 Cal.
- But realistically, you would probably be better off with a .308 and taking
- multiple shots.
-
- However, you might want to explore other non-lethal alternatives. That is,
- you might be able to use a sonic device to frighten the bull away, or
- at least irritate it enough to leave the immediate premises. Of course,
- you might end up enraging it, at which point you should have a backup
- plan:-)
-
- Another thing you might do is use a shotgun loaded with salt (that is
- if you have an old shotgun that is essentially valueless). You can give
- the bull a painful, but non-lethal wound.
-
- I would not suggest using a small caliber pistol such as a 9mm or 45ACP.
- You might just wound such a large animal and get it angry.
-
- Just my 2 bits.
-
- Randy Mihara
- rmihara@ocf.berkeley.edu
-