I Am Not Sure What Kind of Ammo it Takes....

[runrabbitrun]

I was in the US Army late 70's to early 80's.
No weapons training on a .45.

When I hit my permanent party assignment in Ft. Stewart,
I was issued an M-60* and M16 with a M203 under it.
(No previous training for either the M203 or the 60)

*M-60 was supposed to be a two man gun from what I understand.

Oh, and I was also issued a 5/4 ton truck and a jeep.
Now how am I supposed to be able to drive TWO vehicles at one time?
Let alone carry four 20 lb. radios, the above weapons, my NBC gear and all the
other standard gear?

 

[Rockwell1]

One thing that we are all over looking about military firearms training is that it’s dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. There’s no personal responsibility involved, you get out of the Deuce and fall in, lock your bolt back and someone else clears your chamber. Then you line up and go through the supply line, someone hands you a prescribed number of rounds already in the magazine and you line up to go fire. When you walk onto the range your chamber is, again, check for clear. Again, by someone else. Then you go shoot. As you leave the range, once again, someone else clears your weapon. You could do your whole career going through that assembly line dozens of times and never have a clue about firearms

 

[LoneCoon]

RunRabbitRun Trade in the jeep for a British one. Weld them together, connect the gas pedals/brakes/steering wheel with a pole. Sit in the middle, put your stuff in the trunk, mount the M-60 on the truck.

Jeez, it's not that hard.

 

[SaxonPig]

A lot of this happening now with the panic buying amongst first time gun buyers.

A friend and FFL told me of having a shop near Watts when the riots started in 1967. White people, all good Liberals who had never owned a gun their lives, lined up out the door buying any gun and one box of ammo. There was a 3 day waiting period on handguns in CA at the time so they didn't want any pistols. They wanted a rifle or shotgun they could take RIGHT NOW. He said he sold every gun in the shop and turned 100 people away.

Over the next 2 years nearly all were returned and sold back to the dealer at 1/2 original price. None had been fired.

Idiots.

 

[cleardiddion]

I can't wait until I can go to the range without having to wait in line for 30mins just to sign in and another 20mins waiting for a lane to open up. Then turning around when I finally get to a lane and notice that I have a revolver pointed at me by one of the newbies in a safety course.

 

[runrabbitrun]

RunRabbitRun Trade in the jeep for a British one.
Weld them together, connect the gas pedals/brakes/steering wheel with a pole.
Sit in the middle, put your stuff in the trunk,
mount the M-60 on the truck.

Jeez, it's not that hard.

LOL
I had an 'incident' one day coming in from the field.
The night before I ran a bunch of blanks through that M60
when we went on an aggressor mission.
The weapons guy made me clean that thing about three times.
The last time he still said 'no go'...

I took that sucker by the barrel and slung that M60 across
the room and said a few choice words
as my CO and the battalion commander walked in. oops

I gave them and earful too, yelling about
ALL THIS gear they want one guy to deal with.
Lucky I didn't get an article 15 for insubordination.
After the CO and BC talked to the weapons dude,
he took the M60 in this time around and
I was no longer responsible for that POS.
(The officers apparently knew I was right)..

I still had the two vehicles 4 radios and the
other regular stuff to deal with though.
I guess at that time we were short of people
in our section, so that's why
they loaded me up with too much equipment in the first place.

One thing I did like was having that M203.
It sure would be what I'd want in an urban combat situation.

 

[wyocarp]

Interesting that this stuff happened at my Walmart yesterday as well. I know the guy who works in the gun department and had just stopped by to chat for a second when a guy in a suit walked up and wanted "some type of 45 ammo."

Of course they had none, but it didn't seem like he would have known which box was the one he needed if they would have had a few different ones.

I was jumped on here recently when I mentioned that many people have no idea what cartridge goes in what gun. I remember several mentioning, "how hard is it to look on the side of the side and read the caliber?". That is easy for those of us who spend some time with different firearms, but doesn't come very natural for those who don't. And then if they do read it, they still aren't sure.

 

[The_Shootist]

Heck - I'm surprised the issue of choosing came up. I've been lucky to see a box of .45 ACP at my Wal-Mart - much less a box of .45LC. He should be thankful he even has a choice!!

 

[ar10]

Well, I got 4 boxes of .45 GAP for 20.00 from a guy who bought them for his .45APC last Monday. I should hang out in some of the gun stores and Wally's more often.

 

[Titan6]

Heck - I'm surprised the issue of choosing came up. I've been lucky to see a box of .45 ACP at my Wal-Mart - much less a box of .45LC. He should be thankful he even has a choice!!

I was a little surprised too. I keep hearing Walmart is out of ammo but they always seem to have some. I was looking for some cheap .22rf to replenish mine but they were out of that. They had plenty of .45, ,40, 9mm and other common calibers but it was mostly in Blazer. I am not crazy about Blazer and am reloading now so I didn't get any; but it sure didn't stop everyone else.