"Good. Stay light because we move after sunset." Like many of the old war dogs Tim had at least one weapon of the era he always carried. For Dugan it was his shotgun. For a gun developed in 1897 it still had plenty of moxie! There wasn't a man here who'd question Dum-Dum on why he was using an old Remington because that same boomstick carried him through every major battle of his career even after the war ended.
"You two! Go get me a dozen empty soda cans and rinse em' out in the back room. I'll show you boys an old trick we used to stay under the radar. Might just save yer lives someday!" Back then it was soup cans but soda cans were lighter and got the same result when used to hide muzzle flash. Tape them snugly into place and you had cheap, effective silencers.