I told him the good news. The Smith doesn't HAVE a hammer! Ta-da!
He was doing show and tell with an older inlaw that had spent 30 years in the Royal Navy. Before handing it to the Faulklands vet he un-magazined it and checked the chamber to be sure it was empty.
And good thing, too.
Just because you are a 30 year military veteran doesn't mean you won't muzzle every thing you can see in a matter of 2 seconds. So a training timeout was called and the two went over the safety brief together one more time for the first time.
I mean, I am sure their are plenty of longtime .mil folks that haven't even touched a pistol. Especially things like Snipes, which this guy was. Or, if you had, you were in the British service where gun safety consciousness and culture might be different.
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And here is a former 5-Star pointing a revolver RIGHT at another's guy's belly. 60 years ago or so. At least he has the cylinder swung out, so, safe enough, if not best practices
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And here is a former 5-Star pointing a revolver RIGHT at another's guy's belly. 60 years ago or so. At least he has the cylinder swung out, so, safe enough, if not best practices
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My late father spent ten years in the Royal Navy, and more than fifteen years as a reservist (received a Good Conduct Medal, to commmemorate what he called "25 years undetected crime":)).
He was a seaman, with secondary specialisations in damage control (firefighter) and Quarters Armourer (smallarms instructor).
Your post echoes one of his observations, that the most terrifying thing in all the world was a matelot with a rifle.
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