Nah, just forgot to put in that he does his own gun repair; which honestly any competent firearm owner knows how to do. The budget-concious ones will also save the brass and do home reloads to save money as well because it is like stupidly easy.

I mentioned it in PM with Avemelle and just overlooked it when I was writing his backstory. Was getting pretty late when I finished it out.

The animal thing serves a different purpose.