D9Firearms

Several months ago we received an email from a private contractor serving in Afghanistan looking to procure a LR-308 AP4 upon his arrival back home, which we gladly obliged and procured. (We wished that we could have shipped it to him.) Well by accident I copied him in on an email over the weekend intended for another client, which in turn spurned a few emails back and forth between us.

I always admire the guys who do this kind of work and sometimes wish I hadn’t gotten out of the corps. However, during our emails back and forth (he asked that I not reveal his name, so we will refer to him as the Medic), he made several statements which I felt deserved to be published and asked him for his permission. The Medic also emailed a few pictures, which we blocked out the faces. (This way he wouldn’t have to brandish the AP4 on some anti-war communist hate America types looking to harass him. By the looks I don’t think he would need the AP4 for this, but it’s always nice to have one in the event one of these dickheads decides to launch a RPG at him.)

At the end of each email the Medic has provided all of his recipients an excerpt from the 91^st Psalms:

“Thou shall not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, for he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways”

Not knowing the Medic other then through emails I can sense this is not just a one liner that he adds but knows and believes this to be true.

I also asked the Medic how things were going and he provided me with this response:

“Things are good over here, 53 days left and I’m done. I wished for about a month in February I had that 308 over here, I could have done some more damage.”

He was referring to the Helmand province and by all accounts I’m sure he was hanging out with some Marines. I am a firm believer in the 308 round and am convinced it would add a new dimension to our troops and contractors to provide overwhelming firepower and ultimately a faster and more decisive victory.

We appreciate the Medic and all people of his caliber. Thanks for doing what 99% of the people wouldn’t or couldn’t do.

D9Firearms.

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