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dust off of it and then make sure there
were rounds in it. Then I was ready to
practice one handed slide racking!
I put my nylon sports belt on and
made sure to tighten it down ’cause I
didn’t want it to drag my sweat pants
down when I tried this. I grabbed the
gun in my right hand, tilted it away
from my foot (cause I’m not an idiot,
duh), pressed the rear sight on the
corner of the belt, and shoved as hard
as I could while screaming, “Make my
day!” My belt ripped in half and my
sweat pants ended up around my calves.
After I pulled my sweat pants back
up I remembered reading you could also
do this on a door jam. So I jammed
the rear sights against the doorway and
pushed as hard as I could and screamed,
“Geronimo Ass**le!” and the rear
sights snapped right off! Oh my god!
Seriously? I couldn’t believe this would
happen! I started to cry, but remembered
big boys aren’t supposed to do
that so I just went and sat on the edge of
the bed, opened the cylinder, pulled the
ammunition out one at a time and got
online to see about buying a new pair of
rear sights for my revolver.
One-handed slide racking must
only be movie stuff, ’cause it can’t be
done by real people in the really, really,
real world! P.S. This never happened to
me, it was a friend of a friend, honest.
Terry McGhee
Bakersfield, Calif.
Laugh It Up, Duke
Just finished reading the March/April
issue. I enjoyed Connor’s “interview”
with John Browning (Guncrank Diaries).
His wit and wisdom alone make the price
of the magazine worthwhile. The main
reason I write, though, is the picture of
Duke with his sword, helmet and Nambu
(Shooting Iron). I know it’s supposed to
be for laughs, but when I look at it all I
can think is, “This is one happy man!”
He has to have a great sense of humor
and a lot of self-confidence. I envy him!
I’m already looking forward to my next
issue. Keep up the great work!
Richard Searles
Arizona City, Ariz.
Embassy Takeover Vet
I noted an e-mail sent by reader Brad
Gramberg (Speak Out, March/April
2011), and your mention of him in your
Insider column in the past. I wanted the
folks to know this young man is a true
patriot with his fine art of building canes
for wounded warriors. I contacted Mr.
Bramberg when I read about his program
of free canes for our many wounded warriors.
I asked him if I fit the profile of
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