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- Aug 25, 2012
I understand that some soldiers purchased their arms when they were discharged. Does anyone know how common this was? Muskets and rifles would have been some use to civilians. I am not sure about carbines. Again I am not sure about pistols or swords. Perhaps some men kept them more as a souvenir than as a useful item. I am not even sure most muskets and rifles were that useful for hunting.
If you had been given the option of purchasing your weapon when you were discharged, would have you spent the money? When I returned from the war zone, my assigned weapon was a 45 pistol. It is kind of large and heavy to use as a personal pistol, so I think I would pass on the 45. I also had an M16. I am not sure the M16 would have made a good civilian weapon. For a while I carried a grenade launcher, I would not have wanted to keep that beast. When I retired I had a 9mm pistol. I liked this weapon and I might have purchased it, but it is still kind of large and kind of heavy. I did carry the "pig" off and on. I guess an M60 machinegun would look good as a display piece. Still who wants to be remembered as a "pig-man"?
If you had been given the option of purchasing your weapon when you were discharged, would have you spent the money? When I returned from the war zone, my assigned weapon was a 45 pistol. It is kind of large and heavy to use as a personal pistol, so I think I would pass on the 45. I also had an M16. I am not sure the M16 would have made a good civilian weapon. For a while I carried a grenade launcher, I would not have wanted to keep that beast. When I retired I had a 9mm pistol. I liked this weapon and I might have purchased it, but it is still kind of large and kind of heavy. I did carry the "pig" off and on. I guess an M60 machinegun would look good as a display piece. Still who wants to be remembered as a "pig-man"?