Shanghai McCoy
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Well Done and the best of luck to you Sir on your retirement.
I trained two officers to take my place. I left them in good hands.Gunny, BTW- if you get bored..... tell the P.D. that you are available as "Technical Advisor" at $150/hour.
Maybe you have trained a new tech or the dept. has another expert that they can shift in from afar.
Whatever they do, they will never get anyone as well versed on firearms as you are. Thanks again!
I was the second to oldest in my academy class of 20. I took forth overall. Six of my class mates left the department for one reason or another and two of us have retired so far.Gunny I know how you felt with going through the Academy at age 36. I went through the Academy at age 40 and was the oldest one there. All the other recruits were an average age of between 20 and 25. PT was the hardest. My life before that was as an Electrician and I felt I to needed a change. Loved the job right up to retirement. Today I see from the news that the job is not what it used to be. Good luck on retirement!
I worked New Years, Thanksgiving and Christmas my first four years on the department. It’s a job that demands a lot from a person, but it also gives back in so many other ways. I know many people that gave it a try and found that the job just wasn’t for them.As one who had a brief stint as a LEO, joining a local force in 1964/67/ after my military service, it’s a job that can demand much from both family and cop. I left as I found I simply could not adapt to the hours. Duty roster was such that rookies covered all the night hours and were rotated as needed between night shifts. No holidays off in those three years.
Hats off to those who serve both military and quasi-military.
My latest. Tried some 40sw in it the other day and found I'm more accurate on my 25yd gongs with 40 vs 10.
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Must be a nice feeling to know that it took two guys to replace you...I trained two officers to take my place. I left them in good hands.
My daughter has gotten into the habit of calling me to do all kinds of things. She always starts off with, What are you doing daddy? My answer, most often, is nothing. Then she ask me to do whatever.Congratulations Gunny, and thank you for your long service! Understand, now we expect you'll be spending a lot more time here on THR....
Gunny, I have been retired for 11 months. I get up every day with nothing to do by the end of the day I have only got half of it done you will stay busy!!!My daughter has gotten into the habit of calling me to do all kinds of things. She always starts off with, What are you doing daddy? My answer, most often, is nothing. Then she ask me to do whatever.
I sent her this text the other day.
When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
I haven’t heard from her for a few days.
I think I’ll go shooting in the morning.
I really don’t want to start up a full time business. I’ll just keep it as a hobby that pays for itself.Congrats Gunny. I am SURE you will find a bunch of stuff to do going forward.
I can see the sign now "Gunnys Custom Gunstocks". You break'em and we mak'em like new!
Just what it says. I didn’t need another Glock or any other handgun either. I already have a few. I only bought this one because it was my duty weapon when I retired.
Here are a few of my other guns. Do you think I needed another gun?
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