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Mr. Luddite

On 12/19/2014 12:54 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:19:00 -0500, wrote:

Where we live, inside might be the safest place for an AD.

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If the round didn't hit anything vital, SWMBO certainly would.

I once saw a video of coasties getting ready to board one of their
small boats for a mission. It looked like each one of them would stop
briefly at a device that looked like it might have been a pole mounted
bullet trap, point their sidearm inside, and cycle the action. I
guess its possible they were putting a round in the chamber and then
decocking and/or activating the safety. Any idea?

The Coast Guard station in Scituate Harbor has one of those. Just a
large pipe about 12 inches in diameter in the ground at an angle and
located just outside the door of the station building.

Never saw them cycling their weapons before they went out on the
boat but they did whenever they returned. I always assumed it was just
a required safety check to ensure no rounds were in the chamber before
going back into the building.