X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTP id 2582854 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:16:43 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.252.42; envelope-from=expressben@verizon.net Received: from ben22d25bef6f7 ([71.181.242.199]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JT400AN9BHVY7C0@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:15:33 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:15:39 -0500 From: "Ben Baltrusaitis" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] firearms in the good ole days: was HCCi Engine Technology To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Message-id: <000f01c83f81$2cdad890$2f01a8c0@ben22d25bef6f7> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C83F57.42A40810" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071215-0, 12/15/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C83F57.42A40810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Memories. . .=20 In the late sixties I was in ninth grade and did an oral report about a = shotgun. I lived about 4 blocks from the school so I carried it there--I = never even heard of putting a gun in a case. I had to take it to the = office and leave it there until class. Before class I went to the office = and carried it down the hall to class. When I was done, it went back to = the office until school was out and then down the street we went. Yeah, things have changed. . . Ben In 1960 I was in the US Navy and I worked on the pistol range at = Mustin Field in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and had 55 gallon drums of = 1911A-1 parts. So one day a E-6 engine mechanic stops by and wants to = know if I want to order a 1911 from the NRA for $15.00 each. Being a = brilliant 18 year old, I said no. When the guns showed up, the = purchasers were require to keep them off the base or in my gun room = under lock and key. My key. Anyway, these were new in WWII packaging in = brown wax paper and cosmolene. Zero time and unfired. I would like to = live that week over again. Duh....................We had several hundred = cases of WWII .45 ammo. The boss told us to get rid of it. So we had the = boy scouts and sea scouts and foreign guests, the base police, the = Marine guards, anyone who came by was issued a .45 and allowed to blaze = away. The smaller kids only got one round per set, because of the = recoil. Lots of 45s dropped into the dirt. But you couldn't get that grin off of them with sand paper. They = wouldn't wash their hands sometimes, Wanting to show their friends the = black and gray powder. For most of them loading up the magazines was as = much fun as shooting.=20 Can you imagine what would happen today if a 20 year old and an 18 = year old passed out 45s to a band of 10 year olds? Some of the cub = scouts had to be helped to hold the piece, so it wouldn't hit them in = the head. The only close call we had was from a Navy pilot who was looking at = the left side of his .45 and for no good reason pulled the trigger. I = was in the target shack building target frames. The round came through = the wall passing between me and my hammer and out the other wall. There = was a pause, then my boss, Tim Sell yelled out "Hanover, you OK?" I got = a splinter in my arm was all. During this time there were some stray = rounds that got over the back stop and into Camden New Jersey and didn't = help anyone over there. I suspect that some of those kids are still = shooting pistols. I hear that's all houses now. What a shame. Lynn E. Hanover ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C83F57.42A40810 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Memories. . . =
In the late sixties I = was in ninth=20 grade and did an oral report about a shotgun. I lived about 4 = blocks=20 from the school so I carried it there--I never even heard of putting a = gun in a=20 case. I had to take it to the office and leave it there until class. = Before=20 class I went to the office and carried it down the hall to class. When I = was=20 done, it went back to the office until school was out and then down the = street=20 we went.
Yeah, things have = changed. .=20 .
Ben

 
In 1960 I was in the US Navy and I worked on the pistol range at = Mustin=20 Field in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and had 55 gallon drums of = 1911A-1 parts.=20 So one day a E-6 engine mechanic stops by and wants to know if I want = to order=20 a 1911 from the NRA for $15.00 each. Being a brilliant 18 year old, I = said no.=20 When the guns showed up, the purchasers were require to keep them off = the base=20 or in my gun room under lock and key. My key. Anyway, these were new = in WWII=20 packaging in brown wax paper and cosmolene. Zero time and unfired. I = would=20 like to live that week over again. Duh....................We had = several=20 hundred cases of WWII .45 ammo. The boss told us to get rid of it. So = we had=20 the boy scouts and sea scouts and foreign guests, the base police, the = Marine=20 guards, anyone who came by was issued a .45 and allowed to blaze away. = The=20 smaller kids only got one round per set, because of the recoil. Lots = of 45s=20 dropped into the dirt.
But you couldn't get that grin off of them with sand paper. They = wouldn't=20 wash their hands sometimes, Wanting to show their friends the black = and=20 gray powder. For most of them loading up the magazines was as = much fun as=20 shooting.
 
Can you imagine what would happen today if a 20 year old and an = 18 year=20 old passed out 45s to a band of 10 year olds? Some of the cub scouts = had to be=20 helped to hold the piece, so it wouldn't hit them in the head.
 
The only close call we had was from a Navy pilot who was looking = at the=20 left side of his .45 and for no good reason pulled the trigger. I was = in the=20 target shack building target frames. The round came through the wall = passing=20 between me and my hammer and out the other wall. There was a pause, = then my=20 boss, Tim Sell yelled out "Hanover, you OK?" I got a splinter in my = arm was=20 all. During this time there were some stray rounds that got over the = back stop=20 and into Camden New Jersey and didn't help anyone over there. I = suspect that=20 some of those kids are still shooting pistols. I hear that's all = houses now.=20 What a shame.
 
 
Lynn E. Hanover
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