Oh my! Thanks to the Raptor Island post below, there is controversy raging at the TSC underground bunker and worm farm over just what one should take into the field if one suspects that they have suddenly portaled into a *DIN0-VISION* spectacular. And yes, it is a difficult problem. The main controversy seems not to be the classical, firepower vs. stopping power arguementums, but the fact that NO ONE expects the spanish inquisi ..., errr, uhmm no one expects velociraptors. So ... no one seems to be ready to deal with them when they show up - despite the tracks and the blood and the mysterious disappearences among the character ensemble - yeah, like these nitwits have never seen Jurassic park. And, to make matters worse, the only people who have the right equipment always seem to be gung-ho paramilitary or black ops types who ALWAYS get chomped early on.
Well, we've concluded that if you want to survive Raptor Island you've got to give the appearence that you aren't expecting anything out of the ordinary and your choice of the right tool for the job boils down to one of these quaint Victorian age devices:
Now, to continue ... based only on what we've observed from CGI generated movie 'raptor behavior, they hunt in small packs and sneak up on you and distract you and then rush you at the last moment . Yikes!! But they don't look very thick-skinned or all that steady on their feet, and let's face it - mammals are faster than reptiles, birds or amphibians so we are faster than these damn bird-hipped lizards too, and so, a mighty 45-70 government cartridge chambered Marlin Guide Gun should do the trick in knocking them down. Plus the short barrel will let you swing around and blast the ones on your flanks . As for firepower, you can reload quickly enough with a lever-action rifle to get second shots on all the beasties as needed and, most importantly, equiped with this ho-hum, old, mule-deer season carbine you'll not attract the attention of any screenplay writers who delight in eliminating characters who trust too much in whiz-bang, state of the art military hardware.
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