Reqest: an answer to a poor European gringo

[Newton Hunt]

Bill Ballard wrote:
with an 8 gauge shotgun and a baseball bat on the gun rack.

An 8 _bore_ is so big that one person cannot fire one from the shoulder,
it must be mounted on a swivle base for firing.  * bores were usually
mounted on river barges in Tom Sawyer's day to fight off pirates and was
a muzzle loader.

Maybe that fellow has a 10 bore; that _is_ a shoulder weapon, but _I_
would not like to fire such a SOB without the butt against a tree.  I
have no desire for a broken shoulder.

Have a nice weekend.

	Newton
	nhunt@jagat.com