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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dale00" data-source="post: 3501247" data-attributes="member: 688">When I was 18 I had a job delivering ice. One of the businesses was a convenience store on an Air Force base. They were closed but the ice vending machine was outside. Something set off a silent alarm in that store. While I was absorbed in filling that vending machine an MP silently slipped up on me. Suddenly I'm staring straight down the barrel of a revolver and being told to drop what I'm holding. Next I'm spread-eagled leaning against a wall while the MP's partner is cursing and threatening to mess me up if I try anything. Made a major impression on me. I knew next to nothing about guns at that point in my life but the picture of that revolver was burned in my memory. The weird thing was that much later as I got interested in guns is that I came to believe that it had to have been a 357 magnum. On another discussion board I found a thread for former Air Force MP's. I posted an inquiry about what would have been the caliber of revolver used in that period of time....yep, 357 magnum (but not a Colt Trooper like I had guessed).</blockquote>