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To: DesertRhino

I carried a 12 gauge Remington pump with shortened barrel in RVN. Someone told me it was a violation of the Geneva Conventions. I ignored him. Never did find out if he was right, but that baby was attached to me for 13 months....


24 posted on 07/26/2012 11:10:29 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: clintonh8r
I carried a 12 gauge Remington pump with shortened barrel in RVN. Someone told me it was a violation of the Geneva Conventions.

I think that it was a matter of interpretation of various treaties in force at the time. Rifle bullets were not supposed to fragment. A shotgun firing 00 buckshot kinda defeats that rule, so...

Hollow point or "Dum Dum" bullets were the reason for the rule as I understand it.

31 posted on 07/27/2012 4:58:36 AM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: clintonh8r

No violation at all. When I landed at FSB Bastogne I was issued a Ithaca Model 37 with an 18 inch barrel. Seal teams were issued a 20 inch model with an extended mag, some even had the duckbill choke that would spread the shot horizontaly. I’ve got one of each but I don’t have the duckbill model both seen duty in Vietnam.


34 posted on 07/27/2012 5:19:43 AM PDT by Dusty Road
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