Calif Bill wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:02:17 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

We used M14s when I was in basic training back in the 60s. They were
deadly accurate at 300+ yards using the standard iron sights.
Amen! And somewhere around here I've got my Expert Marksmanship Badge to
prove it.

I am not 100% sure, but I think the rifles we used to guard the trash
dumpsters (dipstey-dumpsters)
in the Navy in the late 60's were old M-1s with the firing pin removed.
We used to exercises with the damn thing and it felt like it weighed
100lbs after an hour or so.

Eisboch


Dempster Dumpsters. When I was a youth, one evening at my fathers machine
shop, the original Dempster Dumpster on a truck that they used for demo's
came in for some work. Everybody thought is was a good concept.
Unfortunately, no one bought stock in the company.

I've always heard them referred to as dipstey-dumpsters too.