Craigster,

I have to admit that I liked all of them except for the ham and eggs and the ham and lima beans. Meat balls and beans and spicy, shredded beef were my favorites.

"Like" is somewhat of a relative term though since its not like we had all that much to choose from at the time!

Rick

JOHN KERRY

Yep, ham and mofo's were the worst. The ham part was okay but the damn limas just about made me puke. Every once in a while we'd score some LRP's (Long Range Patrol Rations). They were freeze dried stuff in a pouch, add hot water and let 'em soak. Much better than the C Rats.

sorry guys....
the WORST one is
tuna ala king....

holy cow, i thought it was a joke, that someone had eaten the eggs and then the tuna and bagged the barf

jeffe

I came in after the military had adopted MRE's so I can not share in your pain regarding the C Rats. But I still remember the early MRE's that had the dried pork patty and the beef patty. Even worse was the omelette with ham. I never became hungry enough to choke that one down.

It wasn't the taste of the Ham and Eggs is was the color and consistency that I couldn't handle. Green, slimy, gritty eggs floating around in some non-discript brown liquid and ham fat just doesn't get my salivary glands worked up too much for some reason!

Rick

M1,
The worst MRE ever made is better than the best C-rat ever made.

The only two advantages to the C-rats that I can think of:
If some sloppy ass Joe bag-of-donuts Snuffy was screwing something up you could chuck a can and hit his helmet to get his attention, and of course it is much easier to make a booby trap with a C-rat can.

So, if someone had put a dab of C-4 and a cap under a can of Ham & Green Eggs , and that crap ended up inside of an enemy "peer competitor", would that constitute a major or minor violation of the Geneva Convention? Would we care? I thought not.
JCN

Jeeze it took me 35 years to forget about ham and lima beans and you guys had to throw in tuna a la king. No wonder the Army had a drug problem in the 60s.

Probably the one thing that springs to mind, handing someone who should know better your rifle, and they cycle the action and pull the trigger to "make sure". Sure way to get on my list!

The guy selling a pre 64 Model 70 300 H&H in decent shape for 1400 bucks at the gun show, WITH A MUZZLE BREAK INSTALLED!

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How about the guy that buys his son a BB-Gun and tells him to never point it at anyone and then proceeds to poke his 10 year old son in the belly with it after loading and cocking it.

My 4 year old knows better than that.

When somebody keeps banging away with a rifle, even though the barrel is already too hot to touch. On my range, most of the guys don't even realize that barrels burn out (sooner or later). Sometimes we get the type "young guy with Dad's expensive rifle", and they sure don't give a hoot about how many rounds go down the barrel, nor with what frequency - and usually the caliber is a barrel eater like the 6.5x68...

Or,,, when somebody on the range insists on feeding cartridges directly into the chamber of a Mauser actioned rifle. Then, with a bit of muscle, the extractor is forced over the rim of the cartridge - and presto, we are ready to shoot. It probably works, but why not pick up the cartridge from the magazine, and save yourself some wear and tear on the extractor??

There also seems to be a line over here, that seems to be popular with "real men". It goes something like this: "I never clean my rifles", or "why are you 'polishing' your rifle" (putting a boresnake through the bore after having been out in the rain). Makes you wonder what their bores look like.... Cringe!

Yes, and the example of closing break-top guns without activating the lever is another "good" one...
- mike

If you think that makes you cringe how would you like to be the prop guy that had to return the weapon after the show?

Rick

Very young students of shooting walking about with the muzzle bouncing from 2" to 1/8" from the ground.

Much more experienced people leaving ammonia based solvents in their barrel for 24 hour periods.

Cher.

Pierced extremeties.

How about the used gun you just bought on the net has been crossthreaded in three or four holes?

CRINGE! looking at the quality of a WIN M 70 RIFLE/ACTION
Daniel

Hearing a slide racked and slam shut as I am downrange changing targets.

Having a heavily tattoed 18ish 'lady' lay her shotgun on the pistol bench with the muzzle pointed at my stomach 2 lanes over, then replay 'It's not loaded' when I ask her to point it somewhere else!

Blank stares when I call out people doing dangerous things at the range.

Muzzle brakes.

Jeffe,

The AKs seem to be more problematic at my range. The rounds fly almost straight up, into the roof and right down on my head. Had that happen a few times, the bastard was completely oblivious. The ARs aren't so bad, they seem to spit more forward or back and with much less vigor. Some of the guys rig up a little net to catch the empties, small thing but much appreciated.

Just thought of this: it's not just the "black guns" that spit. Sitting to the right of a flintlock is no picnic either. But these guys are generally more courteous and warn you when it's time to duck and cover. And they obviously don't get off quite as many rounds in an afternoon.

I see you don't like brakes, and though I love my BOSS, I do sympathize. I try to at least make sure my neighbors are aware of what I'm shooting, especially if it's a guy with a little kid learning about shooting.

Lastly, it bothers the hell out of me to see someone spin and flip the cylinder shut on my 44. At least with my friends I only have to tell them once not to do that.

Good post, nice to see I'm not alone and more stuff to be aware so I don't make people cringe.