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Old 08-14-2011, 08:06 PM
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I posted this once before but it seems like it fits this thread too.

Back in the days when the 1911 was the issued side arm a friend was doing roving patrol. At some point during the midnight till 4 am watch he was practicing fast draws from the old flap holster. I’m sure he was pretty surprised when he pulled that 45 out of the holster by the trigger and it went bang.

I came in the next morning and people were talking about the guard who shot himself, I knew many/most of the guards and was part of the selection process for personnel reliability. I was trying to think of who it would have been to kill himself, when I heard them talking about getting 19 stitches!
My brain was working slow, how do you shoot yourself with a 45 and fail to kill yourself?

The round went in below the knee and came out above the ankle never hitting bone. The CO was pretty cool about it and figured the pain and embarrassment was enough of a lesson so he was given a minimal penalty instead of a raking through the coals.
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