Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

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Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Whootsinator » Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:27 pm

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Preventive maintenance is CRUCIAL for your well being. If you use it regularly, inspect it regularly.
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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Gunsmokin » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:11 pm

I have had at least 2 home patient customers get hospital beds because of self-inflicted accidental gunshot wounds due to worn or faulty holsters. Both ended up paralyzed and subsequently passed away from complications of paralysis.
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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Bama » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:50 pm

Leather is no Bueno after a period of time.
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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by ChopperDoc » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:28 pm

Bama wrote:Leather is no Bueno after a period of time.

yep.
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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Toddstang » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:29 pm

Leather holsters like the one pictured are a bad choice IMHO.

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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Frailer » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:32 pm

That's an old photo--but it's still relevant.

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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by jackalo626 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:50 am

Noce relevant post that might help someone who never let that cross their mind. PS I bet the rear of his pants looked like that as well. Mine would have.

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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Dave1965 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:41 am

ok, why is he just sitting there with an open wound and chopstick... showing trajectory I guess.

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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Gunsmokin » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:49 pm

Dave1965 wrote:ok, why is he just sitting there with an open wound and chopstick... showing trajectory I guess.
It's just a flesh wound!
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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Joe » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:55 am

Gunsmokin wrote:
Dave1965 wrote:ok, why is he just sitting there with an open wound and chopstick... showing trajectory I guess.
It's just a flesh wound!
And just barely a flesh wound.

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Re: Warning - Inspect Your Equipment Regularly

Post by Rem700 » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:20 pm

Dave1965 wrote:ok, why is he just sitting there with an open wound and chopstick... showing trajectory I guess.
He is waiting for his buddy to get some duct tape.......i heard you know all about duct tape! :D :llama:

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