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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    Black powder and percussion caps work surprisingly well after soaking in a tub.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SgtRecon View Post
    If I'm near water probably...if I'm in water over my waist or on a boat/canoe/kayak, always. this was etched in our brain while in small inflatables, weapons always tethered to you some how. packs and gear especially radios always tied to the boat, no exceptions
    Quote Originally Posted by P89 View Post
    I learned this the hard way. Lost a shotgun while goose hunting in a kayak.
    That's why the para-riggers tie EVERYTHING into your survival vest with para cord or shroud line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abner13 View Post
    Black powder and percussion caps work surprisingly well after soaking in a tub.
    Surprisingly well, yes. It was on a shelf under the bubbles.
    Power always thinks...that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

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    In my Marine Corps days we tied everything to us, especially (ESPECIALLY) during water operations. I've known a couple Marines who got written up for losing their rifles to the ocean. I was a field radio operator, on patrol everything was tied to everything else. Aside from losing a weapon, my next fear was losing a radio or encryption gear. My canteens were tethered to me, when your in the field for 4 or 5 days you don't want to lose even a quart of water.
    When I was in the Army as a Blackhawk crewchief, my 38 was tethered to me, again, not a good thing watching it fall out of the helicopter. I never knew anyone who did that but I didn't want to be the first..
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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    I still use a military lanyard and old 1911 flap holster when hunting. Like Ray, almost all of my gear was tied to me while in the army.
    I did drop an 81mm mortar base plate out of Huey once.... hotdog pilot was contour flying.
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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    I still use a military lanyard and old 1911 flap holster when hunting. Like Ray, almost all of my gear was tied to me while in the army.
    I did drop an 81mm mortar base plate out of a Huey once.... hotdog pilot was contour flying.
    Crusader's local #556 South Central Asia chapter

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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    Quote Originally Posted by cdi View Post
    I still use a military lanyard and old 1911 flap holster when hunting. Like Ray, almost all of my gear was tied to me while in the army.
    I did drop an 81mm mortar base plate out of Huey once.... hotdog pilot was contour flying.
    Ill bet that made a deep hole, not sure a piece of parachute cord would have kept that in the bird !

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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    No para cord, I had it strapped to my ruck.
    Didn't make that big a hole. Me and a whole bunch of my pissed off friends spent 2 days looking for it.

    It got revenge on me for dropping it a couple weeks later.
    I unassed the chopper, ran out the requisite distance and went prone. The damn thing slid from my ruck, up under my steel pot and knocked me cold.
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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    Quote Originally Posted by cdi View Post
    No para cord, I had it strapped to my ruck.
    Didn't make that big a hole. Me and a whole bunch of my pissed off friends spent 2 days looking for it.

    It got revenge on me for dropping it a couple weeks later.
    I unassed the chopper, ran out the requisite distance and went prone. The damn thing slid from my ruck, up under my steel pot and knocked me cold.
    Quote Originally Posted by cdi View Post
    I still use a military lanyard and old 1911 flap holster when hunting. Like Ray, almost all of my gear was tied to me while in the army.
    I did drop an 81mm mortar base plate out of Huey once.... hotdog pilot was contour flying.

    F that. The army needs to phase out the 81. 60 or 120. The 81 doesn*t really have a purpose that isn*t better served by one of the other platforms.

    And even crayon eaters give a truck for every 81 crew.
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    Default Re: Does anyone use a lanyard?

    It's popular among police in Europe.

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