GDG- thumbng the vent

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/8/2007 10:19:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Va37CS at aol.com writes:

I agree  that this account seems apocryphal. Perhaps the author   
misinterpreted a something he read. Surely a gun would  occasionally  
discharge as the thumb 
was removed prior to inserting the vent  pick  and primer. That would be 
quite 
a dangerous  ride.




I strongly doubt that simply removing the thumb from the venthole could be  
relied upon to fire the gun, as this story requires.  Sometimes, in the  heat 
of battle sponging the barrel might have been skipped in order to speed  
reloading, but that would substantially increase the chance of an accidental  
discharge.
 
 
Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT



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