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Section 5: Shotguns Subject: model 97 Msg# 1128885
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We did this for months until one Saturday when we went to evening chow and they were serving fried RABBIT, there was no way in hell the mess cooks could convince us that it wasn't the jackrabbits we shot that morning!
Probably happened in September, as the US Budget's Fiscal Year ended 30 September. We got rabbit a couple of times during my service, always in September. Evidently the Government stored frozen rabbit for emergency use (and cheese wheels, too), and trying to stay within budget, the military was the recipient of this largess. That and a lot of stews made from C-Rats (probably beyond their "sell by dates". Harvey |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Back in 1960 when I was stationed at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, TX they would check 97 "trench guns" out to us on weekends to clear out the jackrabbits in an effort to keep them off of the runways. We would load them up with BB and often fill a pick-up with jackrabbits, you could hold the trigger back and they would fire as fast as you could pump them. We did this for months until one Saturday when we went to evening chow and they were serving fried RABBIT, there was no way in hell the mess cooks could convince us that it wasn't the jackrabbits we shot that morning! Image below from ElmerJohnston - Image Title: model 97 Image Info: must have been at the big dig Larger image available! Click image to see it.  |
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