Chapter 38

“Let me have a look at those rifles,” insisted Steve. “I need to know what I’m dealing with here.”

The man placed the boxes on the ground and handed Steve the rifles. Steve checked the first rifle. Steve’s eyes lit up when he realized that it was a Remington M24A3SWS chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum with a Leupold scope.

The second rifle was simply a standard Remington .300 Magnum hunting rifle. While not likely to be as accurate at greater distances, it would be very effective within four hundred yards. Steve looked in the boxes the men had placed on the ground to find magazines and ammunition for the weapons.

“You’ll have to help us carry these weapons to the ridge we passed a few miles back. Then you can sit back and watch, and be ready to call in that helicopter,” predicted Steve. “Come on, girls. We’ve got some ground to cover.”

Steve recalled how the road had snaked its way through a ravine in the mountains a few miles back. He decided that it would