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I was a young officer on a department whose service weapon was a Colt Model70 in .45Automatic which could be carried on or off duty in the proscribed condition 1. When driving to work with my .45 in a side holster my Moto Guzzi hit a small amount of water and went on it's side causing the .45 to...

I managed to convince my hunting partner to part with a M1A scout back in the 1970's for a price that was large back then but way cheap compared to now. It's now configured to my liking with the addition of a ten round magazine for prone shooting and a drum( heavy weight ) magazine for...

My dad was an "Airdale" who really liked the Dauntless and didn't the Helldiver from a design/maintence point of view( he worked on their engines), he also was "volunteered" to be the rear gunner on sub spotting missions out of a navel air station in Texas.

My last word on this is it boils down to bullet placement and even then there is no stopping on someone high on some of these drugs.

Upon separation from the Army in 1968 I joined LAPD shooting a S&W Model 15 combat masterpiece with 158gr lead RN Terrible cartridge ) but chose the 148gr SWC target loads to carry which was used for qualifications at the time ( except for inspections) for the first pistol I ever shot, later I...

My father in law served in the pacific theater in the Army, he was a commo type running wire from point to point, the Marines always had my respect. As an Army type I was aware of the saying " when the Army retreats they go back -when the Marines retreat they go forward". Great series and having...

After our second round of explosions ( primary took out a 175 pad which set off a C-4 and other pads ) command decided to use tanks at various points around the perimeter of the depot. It was the first time I saw them around our area, but I couldn't miss them at night when they would...

I joined the Army in 1965 when all we had for a issue rifle was the M-14, I missed expert with it by two rounds ( I was used to shooting my dads Remington single shot. 22 rifle- a huge difference)! I never saw a M-16 until riding back from Saigon in the back of a 3/4 ton with a 101st Airborne...

I served in "never never land" ( our name for Vietnam) from 1966-67 carrying a M-14 (non- selective fire) working at duty's ranging from placing light sets ( trailers with a 5kw generator and three 1000 watt bulbs mounted on a retractable pole) to clearing perimeter jungle with a TD24 bulldozer...

The insight given on this CH47 really brought out why the SEALs use these to transport their watercraft like in the movie "Act of Valor ".

While at the West End Gun Club a long time ago I was shooting a new Iver Johnson .30 cal carbine when this Korean War veteran told me that he carried a M1 Carbine until he hit a North Korean Army soldier who was wearing the heavy cloth jacket and observed hits bullets hit him by the puffs of...

While working at the largest ammo depot in Vietnam I had the opportunity to see these machines pick up loads of slung artillery ammo from 105's to 175's with out a hitch. I'm glad the CH-47's were on our side as quite a few artillery units posted . I still enjoy seeing these birds flying over...

After serving three years in the regular Army I was talked into joining the Army National Guard with the Armory in Azusa,CA. There as a sp/4 I used the bore brush on the Paladin and can say they really did the job. As part of my enlistment I quit after less than a year but it was an experience (...

I saw quite a few M1 Carbines in the hands of ARVN troops, The Carbine sure fit them better than the M1 Grands I also saw them holding back in 1966 while we were on the back of a duce and a half headed for range qualification in South Vietnam with our M14's.

In the movie "Fury" this was Brad Pitts firearm of choice while his other crew members carried "grease guns while I had the experience of shooting the Rising SMG - and cleaning and shooting etc.

During my last post at Fort Bliss,Texas I was able to witness what a M113 with the anti-aircraft Vulcan could do to a drone- all I can say is that the drones disintegration was awesome !

My first M1A was purchased in the 1970's I believe, I was a rookie on a Southern California police department and when I told my training officer of the purchase he promptly had us meet with another unit and had a laugh on me. That weekend we met at the police range where I could only fire one...

While working in the largest ammo depot in RVN we procured ( from a ammo pad that was off limits ) 7.62 NATO duplex ammunition ( making it forty rounds in a magazine )- we were told these bullets were banned by the Geneva Convention which I believe "Charlie" never was a part of.

My wife's favorite rifle is a WWII carbine made by Ingram, during Vietnam my first experience with a M-16 was one being carried by a 101st Airborne Sgt who had the paratrooper ( short variant ) and a Browning P-35 in a shoulder holster on the way back from the Saigon PX. Upon shooting ( early...

I wish my experiences with the M113 were different, in a corner of our compound in Long Binh Vietnam sat a M113 that was used as a guard post because of a very large hole in it's side made by an RPG, my other was the burned out hulk of one that had a flame thrower, it seemed like someone on the...