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I don't remember getting one as a kid. Have the round scar though. Born in '57. I DO remember those freaking guns though, back in the late 1970's and early 1980's. I remember the entire battalion being lined up with the lines going out the doors and around the buildings. Two med persons with a gun each hitting both shoulders behind two other med persons who wiped alcohol patches on the injection site before they shot you. BANG, shuffle, BANG, shuffle...Remember deep gashes and blood running down arms too. Not fun. Damn arms locked up for a couple of days. Couldn't even hold my wiener to piss...lol. I asked one dude why they gashed the arm so badly.
He just raised an eyebrow and handed me one of the guns. That ****** was HEAVY, and, unbalanced. He said try getting it right after hours of handling that bastard. Plus, most of the troops anticipate the shots and tense up just as the needles hit and the jerking muscle drags them around and you end up with a hole in your shoulder and a torn muscle. Good luck.
He just raised an eyebrow and handed me one of the guns. That ****** was HEAVY, and, unbalanced. He said try getting it right after hours of handling that bastard. Plus, most of the troops anticipate the shots and tense up just as the needles hit and the jerking muscle drags them around and you end up with a hole in your shoulder and a torn muscle. Good luck.
