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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:32:09 PM EDT
Thanks for playing - winner selected on page 2.
It's pretty quiet in here so how about a LaRue giveaway? Guess the weapon in the story and you win, check that, the first person to correctly guess wins. 
I was stationed at wonderful Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1997 to 1998 (we lived in tents, but heck, they were Air Force tents). There were many NDs, but this one was comical when Airman Snuffy told me, "Honest to God Chief, it went off by itself; it was half-loaded and I never touched it" So, what weapon was it and be specific. One guess per person please. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:36:03 PM EDT
1911
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:37:28 PM EDT
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1911 Nice guess, but sorry, not the correct answer. AF Security Forces troops carry the Beretta M9. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:40:41 PM EDT
KA M4
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:42:03 PM EDT
Beretta M9?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:42:21 PM EDT
M2 50 cal
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:42:56 PM EDT
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KA M4 Another good guess but also not correct. Securitry Forces troops, at the time, carried 1960's era AR15s with an upgraded A2 upper. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:43:53 PM EDT
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Beretta M9? Another good guess since Security Forces carry the M9 with a round chambered and on safe, but not the correct answer. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:44:38 PM EDT
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M2 50 cal Oh, oh, an edited post when you duped the M9 - disqualified.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:45:23 PM EDT
M500 Shotgun?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:46:59 PM EDT
M79
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:48:27 PM EDT
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M500 Shotgun? Sorry, not correct. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:49:18 PM EDT
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M79 Ah, another good guess and one of the weapons I first carried when I was a young troop in 1976, but alas, not the right answer. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:49:48 PM EDT
XM-148?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:51:02 PM EDT
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XM-148? Another oldie but goodie weapon that we ussed until the M-203 came along. Sorry, not the right answer though. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:51:28 PM EDT
Since you said "half loaded" I am going to guess something Oleoresin Capsicum Spray.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:52:31 PM EDT
M40a1?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:52:31 PM EDT
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M2 50 cal Oh, oh, an edited post when you duped the M9 - disqualified. you didnt nothing about edits.......lololololl |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:53:24 PM EDT
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Since you said "half loaded" I am going to guess something Oleoresin Capsicum Spray. Hummmm, an interesting guess but in a forward zone at PSAB, we did not carry OC spray. Sorry, not the correct answer. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:53:53 PM EDT
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Since you said "half loaded" I am going to guess something Oleoresin Capsicum Spray. Hummmm, an interesting guess but in a forward zone at PSAB, we did not carry OC spray. Sorry, not the correct answer. SHIT! |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:54:31 PM EDT
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M2 50 cal Oh, oh, an edited post when you duped the M9 - disqualified. you didnt nothing about edits.......lololololl Decisions of the judges are final. Kind of like the Braves and the infield fly rule....
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:56:06 PM EDT
MK19
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:56:49 PM EDT
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M40a1? A good guess but not correct. USAF Secuirty Forces did not have precision engagement systems until well after I left PSAB. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:57:10 PM EDT
Not a weapon along the lines of "this is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for shooting, this is for fun"?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:58:26 PM EDT
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MK19 Another good guess but not correct. The M19 was a system we continually requested but the US Ambassador to Saudi deemed them too destructive and did not approve their entry into the Kingdom. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:58:33 PM EDT
TASER?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:59:09 PM EDT
M2 .50 cal
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:59:20 PM EDT
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Not a weapon along the lines of "this is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for shooting, this is for fun"? Well, that certainly gives new meaning to "half-loaded," but it too is not correct. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:59:26 PM EDT
38 revolver......model 15
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:59:51 PM EDT
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TASER? One quess per member, please see the rulz - disqualified. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:00:53 PM EDT
Half-loaded? Makes me think M249.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:00:55 PM EDT
I am guessing it may have been artillery? Not sure what
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:01:30 PM EDT
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M2 .50 cal A good guess but we also did not have M2s so I'm sorry, not correct. The Army Patriot guys right up the way did have M2s though. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:01:55 PM EDT
M240?
(was gonna guess M249 but someone beat me to it  ) |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:02:21 PM EDT
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38 revolver......model 15 I really liked my Model 15 Combat Masterpiece but they were phased out and replaced with the M9, so this is not correct. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:03:09 PM EDT
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Half-loaded? Makes me think M249. A good guess and we did have the SAWs assigned to our Squads and Fire Teams, but this is not correct. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:03:51 PM EDT
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I am guessing it may have been artillery? Not sure what Air Force with Arty???? Nope, some time ask me to tell my mortar story. 
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:04:10 PM EDT
M60?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:04:17 PM EDT
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M240? (was gonna guess M249 but someone beat me to it )
Another good guess but it was not an M-240. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:06:34 PM EDT
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38 revolver......model 15 You were on the wiki site too, weren't you? 
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:07:50 PM EDT
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M60? You are the winner. At the time, we could get money to fix our weapons, but we could not get money to procure new weapons. So, we were carrying AR15s (yes, the USAF bought Colt FA AR15s back in the 1960s), and we still had the M-60, another weapon that had been continually fired and fixed since the 1970s. In this incident, the troop, whose weapon was to be half-loaded and on safe, was playing around and showing his female assistant gunner his prowess with the weapon when he sent rounds downrange. Luckily we were on a 67 sq mile reservation so we had loads of clear areas. The M-60 holds a special place in my heart since I used to hump one in the Weapons Storage Area and as a young Airman as part of the Security Police Element for Contingencies (SPECs). I became especially fond of humping a 29lb machine gun when I was training in the Panamanian jungle.
Send me an IM with your address and I will send you a special edition LaRue Dillo. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 2:52:27 PM EDT
That was fun reading, thanks for the contest!
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:19:59 PM EDT
M60
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:23:06 PM EDT
oops shoulda read the entire thread before i posted
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:24:10 PM EDT
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oops shoulda read the entire thread before i posted At least you got it right.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:35:27 PM EDT
yeah just like have Joe leaving saw at the MWr in iraq an time to go on patrol and cant find weapon
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:36:26 PM EDT
and i Actually had a buddy of mine have a ND with a 203 dummy round luckily but broke his own foot
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:37:42 PM EDT
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and i Actually had a buddy of mine have a ND with a 203 dummy round luckily but broke his own foot Well, even if it was live, it wouldn't have traveled far enough to arm.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:39:46 PM EDT
very true but the smell of urine and poop would have been priceless
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Posted: 10/8/2012 3:41:43 PM EDT
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very true but the smell of urine and poop would have been priceless Now you did it, this has become a poop thread.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 5:24:47 PM EDT
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M60? You are the winner. At the time, we could get money to fix our weapons, but we could not get money to procure new weapons. So, we were carrying AR15s (yes, the USAF bought Colt FA AR15s back in the 1960s), and we still had the M-60, another weapon that had been continually fired and fixed since the 1970s. In this incident, the troop, whose weapon was to be half-loaded and on safe, was playing around and showing his female assistant gunner his prowess with the weapon when he sent rounds downrange. Luckily we were on a 67 sq mile reservation so we had loads of clear areas. The M-60 holds a special place in my heart since I used to hump one in the Weapons Storage Area and as a young Airman as part of the Security Police Element for Contingencies (SPECs). I became especially fond of humping a 29lb machine gun when I was training in the Panamanian jungle.
Send me an IM with your address and I will send you a special edition LaRue Dillo. Thanks Defender! IM sent 
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