Post by mgderf on Feb 17, 2019 14:17:32 GMT -5
Besides law enforcement or DNR, minus military and security guards, has anyone here been paid for their use of firearms?
I have.
It's been a few years ago, but I got a call from a customer who had a very odd request.
This guy was the general manager for a trucking warehouse in my home town.
He called one night about snow built up on the roof of the warehouse. It had drifted on one side of the warehouses flat roof and caused a partial collapse of the roof.
There was about 4 FEET of snow on this section of roof when I arrived. The roof was sagging in badly and he was concerned that when the snow began melting, all of the water, and weight, would consolidate into the low spot. He was worried that this may bring down the rest of the roof structure.
Knowing I was a firearm fanatic, he asked me to use my revolver, a .357magnum, to shoot drain holes in the ceiling so the water would drain off.
This warehouse is in the middle of the city, with a 400 family apartment complex on the other side of the common fence.
I told the boss I could not safely do as he asked with the revolver, but a shotgun would be great.
They backed out of the warehouse while I ran home.
I brought back my Mossberg 500 12ga and some 00Buck.
Half of the warehouse staff followed me through the warehouse as I unloaded close to a box (25 rounds) of 00Buck into the ceiling.
It immediately began to drain, as I'd expected, and I packed up and went home.
The boss was left shaking his head saying, "I wonder how I'm going to explain this receipt for 12ga ammunition..."
Well, not what some might think, but I WAS a "hired gun", at least for a few minutes, and no-one was shooting back!
I have.
It's been a few years ago, but I got a call from a customer who had a very odd request.
This guy was the general manager for a trucking warehouse in my home town.
He called one night about snow built up on the roof of the warehouse. It had drifted on one side of the warehouses flat roof and caused a partial collapse of the roof.
There was about 4 FEET of snow on this section of roof when I arrived. The roof was sagging in badly and he was concerned that when the snow began melting, all of the water, and weight, would consolidate into the low spot. He was worried that this may bring down the rest of the roof structure.
Knowing I was a firearm fanatic, he asked me to use my revolver, a .357magnum, to shoot drain holes in the ceiling so the water would drain off.
This warehouse is in the middle of the city, with a 400 family apartment complex on the other side of the common fence.
I told the boss I could not safely do as he asked with the revolver, but a shotgun would be great.
They backed out of the warehouse while I ran home.
I brought back my Mossberg 500 12ga and some 00Buck.
Half of the warehouse staff followed me through the warehouse as I unloaded close to a box (25 rounds) of 00Buck into the ceiling.
It immediately began to drain, as I'd expected, and I packed up and went home.
The boss was left shaking his head saying, "I wonder how I'm going to explain this receipt for 12ga ammunition..."
Well, not what some might think, but I WAS a "hired gun", at least for a few minutes, and no-one was shooting back!
