Wacky Personal Items/Contraband Found at Encampent

[davidsinn]

This didn't happen at encampment, but I got woken up at about 1:30 AM(Note that is AM) and was told, "We found this clip of .45 ammo in a cadets webgear!".

"Well, does he have the .45?" was the only thing my brain could put together at that hour.

Apparently the story was that a cadet officer(who is now a funeral director) found some web gear laying in the middle of the campsite. He started looking through it to try to figure out whose it was and found the ammo, about 6 rds of 230 gr lead ball in a standard GI clip. Well the ammo was confiscated and later disposed of by the cadets squadron commander who was also there. The cadet said he didn't know how it got there except that maybe his little brother had been playing with his web gear.


"Sir, none of my guns are a .45"

.45's don't have clips...

[Ned]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

I'll go out on a limb and say he probably means that .45's have magazines. A "clip" is what ammunition like 5.56 or 7.62 originally comes on in the can before you put it into the magazine.

[Eclipse]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

I'll go out on a limb and say he probably means that .45's have magazines.

Yep!  My favorite is "Guns & Ammo":  http://www.gunsandammo.com/

My favorite gun clip is probably this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX8Y5-BZLaM

[manfredvonrichthofen]

This is mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOmhAWCBa1w

[Ned]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

I'll go out on a limb and say he probably means that .45's have magazines. A "clip" is what ammunition like 5.56 or 7.62 originally comes on in the can before you put it into the magazine.

Did you click the link?

Sometimes I am too subtle, I guess.

Thanks for ruining a perfectly good joke.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

I'll go out on a limb and say he probably means that .45's have magazines. A "clip" is what ammunition like 5.56 or 7.62 originally comes on in the can before you put it into the magazine.

Did you click the link?

Sometimes I am too subtle, I guess.

Thanks for ruining a perfectly good joke.

Ah, I am sorry, I didn't notice it was a link. Good one. I'm sorry I ruined it. Every time I hear or see .45 referenced, I immediately go to the mental image of a .45 ACP, not a .45 revolver. Like they say, the greatest barrier to communication is a difference in personal history. Most of my history with pistols is ACP.

[davidsinn]

.45's don't have clips...

Silly rabbit,

Of course they do.

Cute, sir. I always think the classic Browning design when I see/read .45. Of course Mr. Colt's equalizer did come first...and it was in .45

[nesagsar]

Unfortunately this .45 thread is now .32 due to being off topic.

[NIN]

So you knew that it was a fake, but your friend didn't?

It's either that, or you thought it would be a good idea to pull the trigger on a random gun you had found in someone's luggage... And that doesn't sound right

Of course I knew it was fake. Jeebus, troop, you think I'd be dumb enough to drop the hammer on some random weapon after pulling it out of a guy's duffel bag?

I'm the guy who put the cadet up to bringing the darn thing.  My friend doing the shakedown with me, I'm serious, I thought I might have given the poor guy a heart attack. Woulda sucked to die from a massive coronary at age 20.

But: even knowing this was a replica non-firing device (ie. about as inert, maybe even moreso, than a kid's cap gun), I had racked it open, inspected the chamber, it did not have a magazine in it, and when I pulled the trigger it was pointed in a safe direction. As much as I would have liked to have pointed it _at_ my buddy (for maximum gag effect), my training and indoctrination, even at that young age, wouldn't allow it.

Even when being a wise guy, I'm at least mostly safe about it.

[ol'fido]

Let me just say that I DO know the difference between a clip and a mag. I just don't worry about it in casual conversation. I forgot that this is CT, the biggest bunch of nitpickers in the world. HNY.

[DakRadz]

So you knew that it was a fake, but your friend didn't?

It's either that, or you thought it would be a good idea to pull the trigger on a random gun you had found in someone's luggage... And that doesn't sound right

Of course I knew it was fake. Jeebus, troop, you think I'd be dumb enough to drop the hammer on some random weapon after pulling it out of a guy's duffel bag?

I'm the guy who put the cadet up to bringing the darn thing.  My friend doing the shakedown with me, I'm serious, I thought I might have given the poor guy a heart attack. Woulda sucked to die from a massive coronary at age 20.

But: even knowing this was a replica non-firing device (ie. about as inert, maybe even moreso, than a kid's cap gun), I had racked it open, inspected the chamber, it did not have a magazine in it, and when I pulled the trigger it was pointed in a safe direction. As much as I would have liked to have pointed it _at_ my buddy (for maximum gag effect), my training and indoctrination, even at that young age, wouldn't allow it.

Even when being a wise guy, I'm at least mostly safe about it.

Tracking, sir!

Heh, I was just clarifying. IceNine even wondered...

[JoeTomasone]

It was, however, a complete put-up job. The weapon was one of those old "Collectors Armory" non-firing replicas, and the cadet who owned it had been asked to bring it with him for this expressed purpose.   Mission Accomplished!

Along those lines....

At the recently concluded FLWG Winter Encampment, we were doing a contraband check of the Cadet Staff.   The son of our Chief Tac was present to "bag and tag" the found contraband.    I happened to be checking his son's belongings.    Let me add at this point that they are from my home group and I know both well.    As I went through the items, I abruptly left, went up to the Chief Tac, and said, "In his bag...  I found what appears to be a controlled substance."   Dad's face dropped, he held his head in shame.   After a pregnant pause, I informed him that I was joking.  After the requisite "WHY, YOU!" moment, we all had a good laugh.    Now, the running joke with the Cadet is "DDR..." 

[Tim Medeiros]

It was, however, a complete put-up job. The weapon was one of those old "Collectors Armory" non-firing replicas, and the cadet who owned it had been asked to bring it with him for this expressed purpose.   Mission Accomplished!

Along those lines....

At the recently concluded FLWG Winter Encampment, we were doing a contraband check of the Cadet Staff.   The son of our Chief Tac was present to "bag and tag" the found contraband.    I happened to be checking his son's belongings.    Let me add at this point that they are from my home group and I know both well.    As I went through the items, I abruptly left, went up to the Chief Tac, and said, "In his bag...  I found what appears to be a controlled substance."   Dad's face dropped, he held his head in shame.   After a pregnant pause, I informed him that I was joking.  After the requisite "WHY, YOU!" moment, we all had a good laugh.    Now, the running joke with the Cadet is "DDR..." 

Now to get said cadet involved with the DDR program *cough*

[HGjunkie]

Along those lines....

At the recently concluded FLWG Winter Encampment, we were doing a contraband check of the Cadet Staff.   The son of our Chief Tac was present to "bag and tag" the found contraband.    I happened to be checking his son's belongings.    Let me add at this point that they are from my home group and I know both well.    As I went through the items, I abruptly left, went up to the Chief Tac, and said, "In his bag...  I found what appears to be a controlled substance."   Dad's face dropped, he held his head in shame.   After a pregnant pause, I informed him that I was joking.  After the requisite "WHY, YOU!" moment, we all had a good laugh.    Now, the running joke with the Cadet is "DDR..." 

Wait, that was a gag? I heard something about a guy found with some controlled substance. If it was a joke, then it was a mighty good one, lol.

[JoeTomasone]

It was a gag.  No one was actually found with anything illegal. 

[HGjunkie]

Oh LOL