I was in the Air Force when they switched to the Beratta M-9. I think that was a mistake, not that they were worse than the K frame S&W .38's being replaced but I didn't have faith that by firing 50 rounds every other year our airmen would be able to perform the sequence of install clip, chamber round, TAKE SAFETY OFF, and fire pistol when needed. Rumor I heard was during Korea we had an Air Base overrun, we found Air Force members that were stabbed or bayoneted with their .45s in their hand. Seems some of the Airmen in the clinch couldn't get a round chambered the safety off and the hammer cocked before they were stabbed. I was told that's why we carried the .38 revolvers. My personal gun is a S&W N frame revolver in .45LC, it used to pi55 of the command post OIC when on pistol cleaning day I'd dump out those .38 rounds and say "oh look baby bullets". 1/2 way through my assignment in Greece the newbies were coming in without .38 qualification- seems there weren't guns & ammo stateside to qualify folks with, so we got to keep a GAU-5 (M-16 with a shorter barrel and collapsible stock) in the command post. That made command post scheduling more interesting, had to insure at least one controller was .38 qualified and at least one with M-16. Oh and we only had two controllers on at a time so some folks didn't get to work together.
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Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
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