Originally Posted by
Royalistflyer
I remember being issued with a Belgian hammerless revolver and six rounds. The gun I got was filthy - barrel full of dust. I cleaned it and on one jaunt I fired a shot to assure myself that it would fire. There was hell to pay when we got back -- there was a round missing!!
Back in the late 50s early 60s, I was a TA REME 25pdr gunfitter and we were all a bit relaxed about firearms and ammo.
Even took some .303 rounds to the workshop and dismantled them, burnt off the cordite and banged the initiator. Never tried burning a whole 25pdr bag of cordite
