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Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT??
      15/12/07 05:41 AM

In June, 1965, I was sitting at my desk in the Legal Office of Headquarters Battalion, Third Marine Division, at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, when Captain Bill Lederboer, CO of MP company came in and announced that he had a problem.

What kind of a problem, I asked.

He had been inventorying the riot locker (whatever that was) and had found that he had some material that was not supposed to be there.

I asked him what kind of material.

He told me they were brass, 12 gauge shotshells, loaded with 00 buckshot. He had a full case and a partial case.

I told him his problems were over and he happily turned them over to me.

A few weeks later, I was given orders to report to Headquarters IIIMEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) in DaNang, Republic of Vietnam. I started thinking about personal protection.

I took some of the shells from the open case and my 12 gauge Winchester Model 12 Skeet gun ($135.00, new, at the PX) and went over to the pistol range at Camp Smedley Butler, home of the 3rd Marine Division's infamous brig.

I obtained a torso shaped target from the NCOIC of the range and fastened it to the target frame and walked back to the 25 yard line. I loaded my Model 12 with seven of the brass shells and faced the target, shotgun at my waist.

There is a little known fact about Model 12's: they have no disconncetor. If you hold the trigger back and pump, every round which is chambered will immediately fire. I held the trigger back and pumped. When the smoke had cleared, I had sawed the target in two. Satisfied, I went back to my packing.

When I got to Vietnam, however, I became the proud owner of an M1A1 Thompson, which proved to be much handier, and accompanied me for the rest of my tour. The buckshot shells are still in my possession.

Last fall, having become the proud owned of a Greifelt drilling in caliber 12/12/8X60R, I cobbled up some loads for the rifle barrel with the obligatory .318" diameter bullets and sighted the rifle in. On the first day of the season, I was up before dawn and wending my way down a logging trail to my selected hunting spot, when motion in front of me alerted me to the fact that I was not alone.

Putting the drilling to my shoulder and peering through the scope, I caught the silhouette of a large doe about 80 yards away. I clicked off the safety, squeezed the trigger and was startled by much heavier recoil than I had expected. Opening the gun to reload, I found out why.

I had loaded the gun with a rifled slug in the left shot barrel, a 00 buck in the right barrel, and the 8X60R load in the rifle barrel. Somehow, the selector had wandered over to "shot" before I pulled the trigger. A thorough search of the area revealed no sign of blood, and I continued, chastened, on my way, feeling like the proverbial pilot who had landed with his landing gear up.

This year, both shot barrels will be loaded with Brennekes.

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* WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57 26/11/07 02:08 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? gblrklr   23/02/08 02:58 PM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   24/02/08 04:02 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? gblrklr   24/02/08 05:44 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? kcordell   26/02/08 08:37 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   20/03/08 02:49 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Nakihunter   20/03/08 09:31 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   20/03/08 10:09 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   20/03/08 02:34 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Marrakai   20/03/08 06:27 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   21/03/08 01:16 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Marrakai   21/03/08 09:55 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   03/04/08 01:42 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 450_366   03/04/08 01:49 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? apr1775   13/10/08 12:27 AM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? apr1775   13/10/08 10:46 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   13/10/08 12:38 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   03/04/08 01:54 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 450_366   03/04/08 01:58 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   19/03/08 10:57 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? bwananelson   23/02/08 03:31 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? gblrklr   23/02/08 03:36 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? tinker   23/02/08 04:24 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? luv2safari   03/01/08 05:56 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   04/01/08 03:28 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   15/01/08 07:43 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? xausa   15/12/07 05:41 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   15/12/07 07:39 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   15/12/07 09:42 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? xausa   15/12/07 10:06 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   17/12/07 01:40 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   03/01/08 07:11 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? iqbal   27/11/07 12:37 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? mehulkamdar   13/12/07 05:24 PM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? mehulkamdar   14/12/07 07:38 AM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   29/11/07 12:54 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   04/12/07 03:13 AM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   09/12/07 07:03 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   11/12/07 05:15 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   11/12/07 01:10 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   11/12/07 02:41 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Nakihunter   11/12/07 08:39 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   12/12/07 01:00 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   12/12/07 03:52 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   12/12/07 09:49 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Birdhunter50   30/06/08 11:56 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? gryphon   21/03/08 03:53 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 450_366   03/04/08 01:22 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   13/12/07 02:08 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   13/12/07 02:34 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Dave_Hall   13/12/07 07:33 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   13/12/07 08:05 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   13/12/07 09:03 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   13/12/07 11:07 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? 9.3x57   13/12/07 11:41 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   13/12/07 03:52 PM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   14/12/07 03:44 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   15/12/07 01:40 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? JabaliHunter   14/12/07 04:52 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? smicha6551   14/12/07 06:48 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DM   14/12/07 11:32 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   14/12/07 09:54 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   15/12/07 01:52 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   15/12/07 03:28 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   13/12/07 02:06 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   12/12/07 08:53 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Yogi000   07/12/07 06:40 AM
. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? DarylS   28/11/07 06:03 AM
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. * * Re: WHO uses BUCKSHOT?? Tatume   26/11/07 03:10 AM
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