The Business End

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

Marine Cpl Sylvester L. Hanna, 19 (Chicago, Illinois), sights in his rifle during an operation south of Danang. Hanna was a sniper with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines [2/7]. You think the photographer checked the chamber of that rifle first?

Marine Corporal Sylvester L. Hanna, 19 (Chicago, Illinois), sights in his rifle during an operat.jpg

[jmm03]

no, but Cpl. Hanna probably knew if he had one up the spout...

[Allen]

Luckily for the photographer that's not a picture of Alec Baldwin.

[jmm03]

i've heard of self loading firearms but I am still pretty hazy about self firing...