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It's been hammered into us through our training and you see it all the time here at The High Road. Never point the muzzle of a gun at anything unless you are willing to destroy it. Right? Nobody here disagrees? Correctomundo? You betcha.
But there's a more sinister aspect of muzzle control - especially with bigger bore guns. It's one I certainly would never have suspected or thought until I read it in a book and I now take pleasure of sharing it with you:
"Many were the tricks the boys worked to smuggle liquor into camp. Once whenI was talking to one of the camp sentries on duty a soldier carrying a pot of coffee came up on his way into camp. When the guard asked him what he had in the pot he said he had milk, at the same time tilting the pot enough to cause milk to flow from the spout. This satisfied the guard and the soldier passed on. Of course the pot was filled with whiskey. The owner had simply corked the lowe end of the spout and filled the spout itself with milk. At another time five men, fully equipped and apparently on duty, passed out of camp. Returning later, they were passed in. The guard did not know until several days had passed that each gun barrel was filled to the muzzle with liquor."
But there's a more sinister aspect of muzzle control - especially with bigger bore guns. It's one I certainly would never have suspected or thought until I read it in a book and I now take pleasure of sharing it with you:
"Many were the tricks the boys worked to smuggle liquor into camp. Once whenI was talking to one of the camp sentries on duty a soldier carrying a pot of coffee came up on his way into camp. When the guard asked him what he had in the pot he said he had milk, at the same time tilting the pot enough to cause milk to flow from the spout. This satisfied the guard and the soldier passed on. Of course the pot was filled with whiskey. The owner had simply corked the lowe end of the spout and filled the spout itself with milk. At another time five men, fully equipped and apparently on duty, passed out of camp. Returning later, they were passed in. The guard did not know until several days had passed that each gun barrel was filled to the muzzle with liquor."
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