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Title: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: hotel21 on 16 May 2011, 20:42:05
Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??   :o  :o  :o

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg) (http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/?action=view&current=The_Luckiest_Soldier.mp4)

click the piccy....  :y
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 16 May 2011, 20:47:50
Bloody hell thats too close for comfort  :o
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: albitz on 16 May 2011, 20:51:52
To his credit, he hardly flinched. ;) ;D
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: aaronjb on 16 May 2011, 20:52:39
He certainly dodged that bullet.

Here's another lucky fellow:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBssAQsOsE[/media]
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: hotel21 on 16 May 2011, 20:52:41
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To his credit, he hardly flinched. ;) ;D

Neither did the culprit!  Carried on with his drill like a good wee soldier.....   :y
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Lazydocker on 16 May 2011, 20:53:02
And even a blank will have hurt (and could kill) at that range :o :o :o

One lucky chappie :y :y
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: feeutfo on 16 May 2011, 20:54:10
Blanks surely? But even so...  :(.   Wouldn't trust the guy behind with that bayonet either. :-/.  ;D
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Phil H. on 16 May 2011, 21:12:53
Methinks both lucky chaps need to check their under garments for accidental seepage !! ;) ;)
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Post by: Tony H on 16 May 2011, 22:07:39
jeees bet that parted his hair :o I hoped they checked his scalp for powder burns :o
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 16 May 2011, 22:25:44
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Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??   :o  :o  :o

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/?action=view&current=The_Luckiest_Soldier.mp4)


 click the piccy....  :y



Far Canal. :( :(

Negligent discharges are dangerous bastids and the dull sound of some idiot discharging their pistol into the clearance pit as they tried to make safe was a blood curdling experience I've had the displeasure of having on more than one occasion. [smiley=thumbdown.gif]

Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: albitz on 16 May 2011, 22:29:27
I knew someone in the 70,s who was walking along a street in castlederg, doing a bit of shopping on a Saturday. Someone took a shot at a RUC patrol and the bullet went between her fingers and caused a very nasty burn as it passed. Doesnt get much closer.
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Ken T on 16 May 2011, 22:34:40
Once upon a time, I understood they used Blank Firing Attachments that were supposed to stop that happening, why stop ?.

Ken
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: hotel21 on 16 May 2011, 22:37:13
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Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??   :o  :o  :o

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/?action=view&current=The_Luckiest_Soldier.mp4)


 click the piccy....  :y



Far Canal. :( :(

Negligent discharges are dangerous bastids and the dull sound of some thingy discharging their pistol into the clearance pit as they tried to make safe was a blood curdling experience I've had the displeasure of having on more than one occasion. [smiley=thumbdown.gif]


Was on the receiving end of one particularly memorable ND from a colleague when doing a house turn, back in the day of the pump action cut down Remingtons with dubblo buck/rifled slug/hatton rounds.

My reaction was like Tackleberry from Police Academy.....   :o

Good job the baddies had moved on and we managed to establish the ND into a concrete wall of the dwellinghouse, rather than out the window into the scheme....   :-?
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: hotel21 on 16 May 2011, 22:38:43
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Once upon a time, I understood they used Blank Firing Attachments that were supposed to stop that happening, why stop ?.

Ken

BFA's allow a sufficiency of gas back pressure to allow the working parts to function and pull in the next blank.  If you watch the vid, the chap in slot 3 in the back row does not fire when commanded as he has already shot his lot......   :-[
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 16 May 2011, 23:07:54
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Was on the receiving end of one particularly memorable ND from a colleague when doing a house turn, back in the day of the pump action cut down Remingtons with dubblo buck/rifled slug/hatton rounds.

My reaction was like Tackleberry from Police Academy.....   :o

Good job the baddies had moved on and we managed to establish the ND into a concrete wall of the dwellinghouse, rather than out the window into the scheme....   :-?

Aye that was the thing about blokes being tooled up all the time - for some of them complacency set in, and in a fair few of those cases, I wouldn't have entrusted the individuals to get a pint never mind carry a weapon.
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Sixstring on 17 May 2011, 09:24:32
BWAAAA!

Having seen a few ND's too, even being in that close proximity of a blank can cause "botty juice"................

Still bloomin' professional though.

I'm impressed!
Title: Re: Now heres a lucky chap...
Post by: Shackeng on 17 May 2011, 09:35:42
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Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??   :o  :o  :o

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg) (http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/?action=view&current=The_Luckiest_Soldier.mp4)

click the piccy....  :y


I was sent this earlier, and, call me an old cynic, but it looks very suspicious, watch his right hand as it goes off. :y