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[Max Entropy]

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That reminds me of a story in George S. Patton's biography. He was sitting at a table carrying a loaded revolver. When he stood up, the hammer hit the bottom of the table and the gun fired. Nobody was injured. It was then that he truly learned the importance of keeping an empty chamber under the hammer.

No word on whether or not he said "My bad! Sorry!".

 

[bigtoe416]

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Max Entropy wrote:

That reminds me of a story in George S. Patton's biography. He was sitting at a table carrying a loaded revolver. When he stood up, the hammer hit the bottom of the table and the gun fired. Nobody was injured. It was then that he truly learned the importance of keeping an empty chamber under the hammer.

No word on whether or not he said "My bad! Sorry!".

I thought that rule only applied to the original Colt peacemakers. Is that what he was carrying?

 

[Max Entropy]

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bigtoe416 wrote:

Max Entropy wrote:

That reminds me of a story in George S. Patton's biography. He was sitting at a table carrying a loaded revolver. When he stood up, the hammer hit the bottom of the table and the gun fired. Nobody was injured. It was then that he truly learned the importance of keeping an empty chamber under the hammer.

No word on whether or not he said "My bad! Sorry!".

I thought that rule only applied to the original Colt peacemakers. Is that what he was carrying?

I don't remember. It was way back when he was with Blackjack Pershing persuing Pancho Villa. I'll see if I can find the book.

 

[TheHossUSMC]

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Only the navy uses M60's and very rarely anymore. I was a 240 gunner myself, I think it's a better weapon.

 

[Grapeshot]

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Max Entropy wrote:

bigtoe416 wrote:

Max Entropy wrote:

That reminds me of a story in George S. Patton's biography. He was sitting at a table carrying a loaded revolver. When he stood up, the hammer hit the bottom of the table and the gun fired. Nobody was injured. It was then that he truly learned the importance of keeping an empty chamber under the hammer.

No word on whether or not he said "My bad! Sorry!".

I thought that rule only applied to the original Colt peacemakers. Is that what he was carrying?

I don't remember. It was way back when he was with Blackjack Pershing persuing Pancho Villa. I'll see if I can find the book.

According to this, he carried mostly one 1911, and occasionally added a Smith & Wesson .357 magnum. Most of the other rhetoric was as a result of the fertile minds of the press corps.
http://www.pattonhq.com/unknown/chap05.html

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