OEF_VET
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So, I went to the range today with BryanP and another friend of mine, Justin. (not the mod here on THR)
We get done shooting and I pack up to leave, heading to my friend Darryl's house. I was driving a little too fast for the curvy road, with which I was not familiar. As I come to the top of a hill, I realize I'm going too fast for the curve ahead. I tried to make the turn, but lost it and went off the road, through a barbed wire fence.
I called Darryl and Justin, asking the two of them to come help me pull my car back onto the road.
Justin arrives and we survey the damage and how badly I'm stuck. (BTW, I'm fine and unharmed.) There was barbed wire wrapped around a tire and all over the hood and front bumper. Justin and I were trying to figure out how we were going to cut the wire - neither of us had a set of wire-cutters, naturally. That's when lightning struck and I had a moment of ingenuity! My Kel-Tec PLR-16 has a Phantom flash suppressor attached to it! The Phantom has four cuts in the end, specificially for cutting wire. So, I pulled it out of the trunk, slapped in a thirty round mag, placed it against the first strand of wire, and pulled the trigger. BANG! VIOLA! The wire blew apart, cut cleanly. I repeated several times, freeing the car from the wire.
While we are waiting for Darryl to arrive with his truck, Justin thinks to look and see if the car is caught up on anything on the underside. Sure enough, the pole that the wire had been on was now behind the rear axle, pointed up in such a way that it would get caught if we dragged the car back. I started thinking that we would need a tow truck, in order to lift the rear end above the pole. Then Justin has his moment of genius. "What about breaching rounds?" he asks. I happen to have 20 12 ga door breaching rounds, in the trunk with my shotguns. So, I pull out a Remington 870 and load it with breaching rounds. Justin placed a large rock over the pole, in such a way as to control splatter or ricochets from flying towards the car. Justin stepped back about 30 feet, and I positioned myself behind the trunk. I placed the barrel against the pole and pulled the trigger. After four rounds, the pole was broken in half.
Darryl showed up just as I was preparing to shoot it for the fourth time. His reaction to our method of cutting the pole was sheer excitement. He was eager to see the end result. Once the pole was cut, we hooked up the tow strap and Darryl pulled me out of the ditch.
The car was scratched, I was fine, and we learned two very important things: 1) a Phantom FS and 5.56mm will cut barbed-wire, 2) 12 gauge breaching rounds will cut through metal poles. (Well, I learned a third thing: I need to slow down when going down a windy road with which I am unfamiliar.) Luckily, I have a Guardian Angel.
We get done shooting and I pack up to leave, heading to my friend Darryl's house. I was driving a little too fast for the curvy road, with which I was not familiar. As I come to the top of a hill, I realize I'm going too fast for the curve ahead. I tried to make the turn, but lost it and went off the road, through a barbed wire fence.
I called Darryl and Justin, asking the two of them to come help me pull my car back onto the road.
Justin arrives and we survey the damage and how badly I'm stuck. (BTW, I'm fine and unharmed.) There was barbed wire wrapped around a tire and all over the hood and front bumper. Justin and I were trying to figure out how we were going to cut the wire - neither of us had a set of wire-cutters, naturally. That's when lightning struck and I had a moment of ingenuity! My Kel-Tec PLR-16 has a Phantom flash suppressor attached to it! The Phantom has four cuts in the end, specificially for cutting wire. So, I pulled it out of the trunk, slapped in a thirty round mag, placed it against the first strand of wire, and pulled the trigger. BANG! VIOLA! The wire blew apart, cut cleanly. I repeated several times, freeing the car from the wire.
While we are waiting for Darryl to arrive with his truck, Justin thinks to look and see if the car is caught up on anything on the underside. Sure enough, the pole that the wire had been on was now behind the rear axle, pointed up in such a way that it would get caught if we dragged the car back. I started thinking that we would need a tow truck, in order to lift the rear end above the pole. Then Justin has his moment of genius. "What about breaching rounds?" he asks. I happen to have 20 12 ga door breaching rounds, in the trunk with my shotguns. So, I pull out a Remington 870 and load it with breaching rounds. Justin placed a large rock over the pole, in such a way as to control splatter or ricochets from flying towards the car. Justin stepped back about 30 feet, and I positioned myself behind the trunk. I placed the barrel against the pole and pulled the trigger. After four rounds, the pole was broken in half.
Darryl showed up just as I was preparing to shoot it for the fourth time. His reaction to our method of cutting the pole was sheer excitement. He was eager to see the end result. Once the pole was cut, we hooked up the tow strap and Darryl pulled me out of the ditch.
The car was scratched, I was fine, and we learned two very important things: 1) a Phantom FS and 5.56mm will cut barbed-wire, 2) 12 gauge breaching rounds will cut through metal poles. (Well, I learned a third thing: I need to slow down when going down a windy road with which I am unfamiliar.) Luckily, I have a Guardian Angel.
