Received by e-mail 9/7/2007"It has taken some time to write you,
as I recently returned from Iraq. First of all, I wanted to thank
you. Whether you know it or not, at least 2 of your shotguns are
serving in Iraq. I used your shotguns a lot and am working on saving
the money to buy one for myself. The 2 we have in country have two
nicknames, the "Ambush Buster" and the "VBIED killer" (Vehicle Borne
Improvised Explosive Devise = car bomb). I do not know how they were
acquired, but having been in the Special Operations community for
over 10 years now, I know that new "toys" pop up all the time, and
those that work are used quite a bit. Your shotguns work well.
I used your shotguns quite a bit from our helicopters, to engage
and destroy insurgent vehicles (multiple 12ga slugs to an engine
block do wonders), as well as shoot suspicious roadside boxes, dead
dogs, garbage bags, etc.
When we off load from the helos, you shotgun was again an amazing
weapon system. Ammo was sometimes difficult to get. I would trade
items to Marines to get more ammo. Whenever we did have enough 12ga
ammo, we did a lot of good work with those shotguns." |