theotherwaldo
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I know how the Navy used to "arm" watch-standers.
As a toddler I found a hard-rubber 1911a1 in an old chest of drawers out by the curb.
Mother had a hissy-fit and made it disappear.
I researched it some years later and found that these "guns" were issued to watch-standers between the wars and are collector's items now.
I figure, as a gun, they made a pretty good truncheon.
Also, if I recall correctly, when I was a draftsman assigned to up-date the technical drawings for the Perry class frigates, the arms lockers for the Marines had no slots for pistols of any sort - the proportions for the contents would have fit M-14s and their magazines, although the identity of the weapon was not indicated in the plans.
As a toddler I found a hard-rubber 1911a1 in an old chest of drawers out by the curb.
Mother had a hissy-fit and made it disappear.
I researched it some years later and found that these "guns" were issued to watch-standers between the wars and are collector's items now.
I figure, as a gun, they made a pretty good truncheon.
Also, if I recall correctly, when I was a draftsman assigned to up-date the technical drawings for the Perry class frigates, the arms lockers for the Marines had no slots for pistols of any sort - the proportions for the contents would have fit M-14s and their magazines, although the identity of the weapon was not indicated in the plans.
