Posted on 08/19/2018 6:03:33 AM PDT by marktwain
On 9 August 2018, a Cheri Bentham was waiting for a package to be delivered at her semi-rural residence on Hoo Shoo Too road, next to the Amite River. It was afternoon and about 93 degrees in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A white man, about 5'6″ appeared at her door, and started to make some suggestive and alarming comments. He said he had been watching her house. From wbrz.com:
Benham was busy trying to get her three small dogs back inside when she noticed the man was touching himself inappropriately outside his clothes. As his remarks became lewder, she ran back inside and grabbed her .22 caliber snake rifle.
“I shot towards the ground and screamed at him to not come back,” she said. “He left out of here with a hot foot. He was like a bank robber, he was gone.”
The rifle Cheri Benham used appears to be the ubiquitous Marlin model 60. It was topped with a red dot, or reflex sight of some kind. The Marlins are noted for their accuracy, dependability, and affordability.
Some may question the necessity of the warning shot. The situation may have been alarming. It did not appear to be life-threatening. While the warning shot may or may not have been necessary, the man left quickly, knowing that Cheri was armed and not afraid of using her rifle.
Warning shots have some negative potential. The bullet has to go somewhere. In a tense situation, the shooter may not be certain the shot
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I used to have 2 Marlins once upon a time (when I was a kid)
The kind of rifling is relevent only WRT the type of bullet used. Micro is good with cased bullets chiefly.
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Excluding general circulation news papers, the people that write about guns tend to be shooting enthusiasts who work for shooting related publications or organizations.
What is your point?
Most stories that involve guns are not written in shooting related publications or organizations.
Consider the comments on this thread. Many are about the rifle, because they had personal experience with that rifle.
Many people are interested in that information. Pictures are not always available. The article that reported the use of the firearm referred to it as the woman's "snake rifle". They could, nearly as easily, have referred to it as her Marlin model 60.
Obviously a semi-rural misspelling of Who Shoot You road.
Long, long ago...in Southern KS...
Well there's a creek crossing..that is rock...and two buddy's an I were out there..out of the car...just talking..and one of my buddies has a .22 bullet in his hand...and throws it down on the rock...and it goes off!!!
Me and Rick...wanted to pound him!!!
Crappy photo. Looks more like a Ruger 10/22
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The pertinant point was that she scared off the crud.
Almost any firearm would have accomplished the desired result.
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Rimfire cartridges are good (?) for that trick.
True.
People like to know details.
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LOL!
The writer was just giving Marlin a free plug. (which is his privilidge)
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That’s pretty funny! Reminds me of hunting small game and target practice with friends in the Ozarks way back when. :-D
We were goofy in some ways as teenagers, but we were more conscientious and safe with firearms than in some other activities. Boys will be boys.
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