On Oct 29, 7:25*am, "William Black"
wrote:
"Dennis" wrote in message

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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.

"Hello, *my name's 'Hamid the Mad Bomber', *here's my skipper's ticket and a
letter from my shipping company, *it's called *'The Terrorist Shipping
Line", *saying that I work for them. I'll have 6 RPGs and a SAM-7 to go
please..."

I'm sure the company would have some serious hurdles. As for
terrorists they can get some pretty nasty stuff already.