Can Anyone Tell Me Where These Came From

[Robert1968]

Slightly off on a tangent, I did some 18 months 'work' with the Army during the late '70s. To relieve the boredom between jobs, I collected the empty cases and flattened the ends in a vice. Then I filed the flat copper ends into chessmen.....I still have the complete set now - somewhere in the loft!

Now that's what I call recycling and making something interesting ( good dinner conversation topic )

[rickoshea52]

There was a bit of a kick from these when used in an SLR, I was on one of the last guard details at RAF Halton to be issued SLR's for armed guard duty in 1992. Every now and again in NI a box of linked 7.62 would be "forgotten" by the crewman after a sortie and left on board a Puma or Chinook - sometimes with a matching jimpy or M60, this usually made its way into somebody's locker until the red faced and panicking crewman came looking for it....a crate of beer usually generated enough enthusiasm to "find" it for him.

[stona]

Slightly off on a tangent, I did some 18 months 'work' with the Army during the late '70s. To relieve the boredom between jobs, I collected the empty cases and flattened the ends in a vice. Then I filed the flattened ends into chessmen.....I still have the complete set now - somewhere in the loft!

Blimey! Whatever happened to 'I have no live rounds or empty cases in my possession Sir/Sergeant". I still remember that from CCF days!


I did some work for the tercentennary of a famous, then soon to be amalgamated, County Regiment a few years ago and the soldiers were keen to sell me just about anything they could. I declined the generator on the grounds that being camouflaged and full of pink diesel I might struggle to explain what I was doing with it and the Warrior on the grounds that I didn't know how to drive it! Not all the potential sales were in jest, though the Warrior, the rifles and ammunition were ....I think


I hope Major Ian (do you stand on one leg and play the flute?) Anderson and Captain Evelyne (you couldn't make it up) Bufton-Morriss don't read this.


Cheers


Steve

[spanner570]

Steve, luckily at the time I was working with, rather than in the Army, so I was not subject to too much discipline. I still had to keep on my toes though!

[stona]

Steve, luckily at the time I was working with, rather than in the Army,

Me too with the Gloucesters. For some inexplicable reason the soldiers seemed to prefer working with me, resulting in much hilarity when the RSM, who would only ever address me as 'civilian contractor' had to ask me for some of his men back... on several occasions


Cheers


Steve