I remember mail ordering a pistol from Clines in Chicago, that I kept in my locker. Don't remember ever thinking about storing it at supply.
On another note one of my buddies drew a prisoner escort detail and withdrew a 45 from the supply Sgt, came to the barracks messed around and shot another kid through a wall. I don't know how the Captain kept him out of trouble but he did. Maybe because it was only a leg wound, 1958 was a different time for sure.
I’ll bet. I wasn’t born until’60.