Plan2Live
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I am proposing a serious question brought to light by the recent zoo incident. If you were equipping a zoo for a worse case scenario, which gun or guns would you choose?
Think this through, you have a variety of potential threats from dangerous snakes to some of the largest and most dangerous animals on the planet. If one gets loose you will most likely be taking a rather short range shot due to tightly packed buildings, landscaping and twisting pathways winding through the various exhibits. The staff will most likely be animal lovers, not hunters so they probably would not be too keen on training on a variety of weapons nor would management likely authorize an arsenal. For the larger animals you would need sufficient caliber for a one shot kill but you also have to be concerned with ricochets and over penetration. Due to the likely short distances do you go with optics or open sights?
I find all this very interesting to mull over. I think my choices would be a couple of 12 gauge shotguns with about three ammo choices including 3" magnum slugs and a couple of lever action rifles chambered in 45-70. No optics. What would you choose?
Think this through, you have a variety of potential threats from dangerous snakes to some of the largest and most dangerous animals on the planet. If one gets loose you will most likely be taking a rather short range shot due to tightly packed buildings, landscaping and twisting pathways winding through the various exhibits. The staff will most likely be animal lovers, not hunters so they probably would not be too keen on training on a variety of weapons nor would management likely authorize an arsenal. For the larger animals you would need sufficient caliber for a one shot kill but you also have to be concerned with ricochets and over penetration. Due to the likely short distances do you go with optics or open sights?
I find all this very interesting to mull over. I think my choices would be a couple of 12 gauge shotguns with about three ammo choices including 3" magnum slugs and a couple of lever action rifles chambered in 45-70. No optics. What would you choose?
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