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To: This_Dude

Be careful with that. IIRC the decockers on those were unreliable and the pistol might discharge on using the decocker. A friend had one thus that his father had ended up with after WWII. His dad wasn’t anywhere near infantry combat, he was a PBY pilot scouting for German submarines, but somehow he ended up with a P38.


43 posted on 12/14/2024 10:55:17 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

The decocker is one of the main reasons I like to carry it, and I heard about the issues. It always worked for me, of course I’ll keep saying that until I hit it and put a hole through my kitchen wall


45 posted on 12/14/2024 10:58:23 AM PST by This_Dude
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His dad wasn’t anywhere near infantry combat, he was a PBY pilot scouting for German submarines, but somehow he ended up with a P38.

Air bases were places were front line troops often traded their trophies. I had an uncle how flew R4D (C-47/DC-3 navy variant) in the Marines. He had accumulated quite a collection of Japanese war trophies. Much of it did not make it home due to a continuous poker game on the troopship back home.

62 posted on 12/15/2024 6:53:26 AM PST by Tallguy
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