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[hotel21]

Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??      



click the piccy.... 

[Darth Loo-knee]

Bloody hell thats too close for comfort 

[albitz]

To his credit, he hardly flinched.

[aaronjb]

He certainly dodged that bullet.

Here's another lucky fellow:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBssAQsOsE[/media]

[hotel21]

To his credit, he hardly flinched.

Neither did the culprit!  Carried on with his drill like a good wee soldier.....   

[Lazydocker]

And even a blank will have hurt (and could kill) at that range

One lucky chappie

[feeutfo]

Blanks surely? But even so...  .   Wouldn't trust the guy behind with that bayonet either. :-/. 

[Phil H.]

Methinks both lucky chaps need to check their under garments for accidental seepage !!

[Tony H]

jeees bet that parted his hair I hoped they checked his scalp for powder burns

[Dishevelled Den]

Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??      

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg


 click the piccy.... 

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]

[albitz]

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.

[Ken T]

Once upon a time, I understood they used Blank Firing Attachments that were supposed to stop that happening, why stop ?.

Ken

[hotel21]

Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??      

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/gags/th_The_Luckiest_Soldier.jpg


 click the piccy.... 

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.....   

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....   :-?

[hotel21]

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......   

[Dishevelled Den]

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.....   

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.