kidicarus13
07-04-2020, 08:09
Found on another site and thought it was interesting and revelent due to the locale. If I can't do this, just please remove this posting.
I live near Fort Carson near Colorado Springs and I always slip a few bucks to my local scrap metal guy for when military brass gets dropped off to be melted down. I get a call in January, "Judah, you should come down here now." I drop everything, pull up in my truck to 4 guys looking into a 55-gallon drum. NICE, I get a grip of brass, right? Wrong. An Army officer is standing there with his arms crossed sort of frowning. I peer into the barrel and see HUNDREDS of crushed Colt M16A1 lower receivers. He said they must be from Vietnam or some other conflict, but all I could do is ask how much he wanted for the barrel. Long story short, he got a down payment for a new vehicle and helped load it in my truck. The top of the barrel had nice stuff, the bottom of it just shards, but I managed to get my metal buddy some work by making these.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/2e59be8887a188bcd6a5ff675f3b3e9e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/438ee21a9712bc956eb5bba641e918e8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/036a7bf27b2f39d99e61cce6c89ed7f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/a75094e0c1c6620d35192b24ea7c52b0.jpg
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I live near Fort Carson near Colorado Springs and I always slip a few bucks to my local scrap metal guy for when military brass gets dropped off to be melted down. I get a call in January, "Judah, you should come down here now." I drop everything, pull up in my truck to 4 guys looking into a 55-gallon drum. NICE, I get a grip of brass, right? Wrong. An Army officer is standing there with his arms crossed sort of frowning. I peer into the barrel and see HUNDREDS of crushed Colt M16A1 lower receivers. He said they must be from Vietnam or some other conflict, but all I could do is ask how much he wanted for the barrel. Long story short, he got a down payment for a new vehicle and helped load it in my truck. The top of the barrel had nice stuff, the bottom of it just shards, but I managed to get my metal buddy some work by making these.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/2e59be8887a188bcd6a5ff675f3b3e9e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/438ee21a9712bc956eb5bba641e918e8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/036a7bf27b2f39d99e61cce6c89ed7f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/a75094e0c1c6620d35192b24ea7c52b0.jpg
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