I carried the old slug left handed too and caught one chunk of fired
brass in my tee-shirt neck (target right). I still have the burn scar
on my belly where it lodged. I was a bit too busy to yank my tee out
of my belt at the time!

Ah well, life is like that, it's all about priorities and survival is
the first priority, or pretty close to it.

Tom


On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:52:41 -0700, mac davis
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:35:02 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , wrote:

I had to qualify with all the rifles and assorted crap right handed in the
army.. never fired them that way for real, though..

I can imagine you might not have enjoyed that, depending on when you served.
My BIL is left-handed, and served 10+ years as active-duty Navy. He said that
when he went through basic, in the mid-70s, the M-16 ejected spent cartridges
back and to the right... right down his shirt collar. They're kinda hot, he
tells me. I understand that the weapon has since been modified with a guard
that prevents the spent shells from coming quite so far back.

The one that I really remember was the m-60 (light machine gun)
The Army, in all of it's wisdom, said that the weapon could not be fired left
handed, as the ejected brass would hit you in the eye..
I qualified expert, etc. right handed with a lot of practice..

I carried one for 5 or 6 months in Nam, left handed on an assault belt.. fired
several thousand rounds left handed and never got hit by any brass.. (at least
from MY gun *g*)



mac

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