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Group leader: Richard "Ric" Hayes

Country of Origin: United States

Past Experience: Besides the not uncommon small town American life spent hunting and camping. The life time NRA membership and Master Firearms Instructor certificate. As well as JROTC and rifle team membership in highschool. He also served a year in the U.S Army Infantry before being given a medical discharge for a leg injury during an excersise that has left him in leg brace and is the current Sheriff of his small town, perhaps more important then in of that is the business and interests he inherited from his Dad who was the curator/operator of small Historical firearms and military museum and restoration facility and an avid Civil War reenactor. Ric as he does with most things took it to the next level and branched out learning everything he could about warfare from the time of early guns to now. Though his passion is for the late 1800s to the early 1900. To this end Hayes his brother and friends have spent years drilling and training in the movment and tactics of the past 400 years( give or take ) of warfare  to the point where they are finely oiled machine regardless of the era the are portraying.

Melee: U.S M1904 Hospital Corps Knife. See http://antiqueswords.com/product-40-U.S.-M1904-Hospital-Corps-Knife-.htm#ad-image-0

Close Range: LeMatt Revolver chambered in modern .44 and 20 gauge. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver and http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

Mid Range: Select fire C96 "Broom Handle" Mauser with wooden stock/holster and 20 round magazin chambered in the orginal  German 7.63x25. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauser_C96

Long Range: Horace Warner style customed modified Winchester 1873 rifle and 12 gauge shotgun combination. See http://www.nrablog.com/post/2009/09/05/Winchester-Rifle-Shotgun-Combo.aspx and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLy7JEbFWs starts at about 3:54.

LMG: Lewis Gun with bipod and 97 round mags. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gun

Explosive: Rod-Type rifle grenades built from Mills Bombs and fitted for the Winchesters, can also be used as hand grenades.

NOTE: That while some of the weapons are original others are modern reproductions. How ever the skills Hayes has in restoration have kept them all very well maintained.

Other members

All other members of the group are the above described friends. That have spent years together drilling and training with in the reenactment groups. All 4 are also Ric's Deputies and like him are certified Master fire arms instructor and make up what constitutes the county Law Enforcements SERT.

A bit more information on each,

Tyler Hayes: Ric's younger brother by a couple of years. Shares many of Ric's interests and child hood experiences, but also served 4 years in the US Coast Guard. Where he was a member of the Deployable Operations group.

Connor Blaine: Ric's best friend sence childhood they did everything together except join up. Instead Connor became an EMS, first responder, paramedic, and firefighter. Though like the others when Ric returned he took a position as a deputy.

Victor "Vic" Carpetti: He is the resident big guy if you will, standing several inches over six feet and approaching 300 pounds. Probably could have played pro-football if he'd kept his grades high enough to make it into college and get noticed. Instead he ended up working at his dads autoshop. Has always, given his size been handed the heavy weapons in this case the Lewis Gun.

Donald "Don" Carson: Ric's only real compition on the rifle team and all around athlete. Has been winning the state pentathlon sence his junior year in highschool.