84-Year-Old Vet Uses Korean War Weapon to Shoot Would-Be Robber

hestir.cafemom. ^ | on May 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM | Posted by Janelle Harris

[dennisw]

Don't mess with Fred Ricciutti

[freedumb2003]

Too bad Good thing somebody scumbag had to find that out the hard way.

[Parley Baer]

Hmmmmm, I did not see mention of what the weapon was.

[Mouton]

My grandfather had his 45 m-1 semi auto in a calvery style holster he brought back from France after ww1. It still shoots remarkedly well.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I did not see mention of what the weapon was.

Howitzer.

[Jeff Head]

My guess is, since it did say it was a handgun, that it was a M1911A1 .45 cal. pistol if it was his Korean War issue weapon.

[Lion Den Dan]

Shot the punk in the neck? More range time required as shot was 6 inches low.

[Navy Patriot]

This incident was on FR a few days ago, and I believe the pistol was a Luger 9MM.

[The Antiyuppie]

It was definitely an AK-47, Glock, or some other kind of assault rifle, according to the media :)

[RandallFlagg]

[SandRat]

What weapon did he use? 1911 or an M1 Garand?

[Gator113]

Good for Fred Ricciutti . This kind of story warms my heart.

[rednek]

“What weapon did he use? 1911 or an M1 Garand?”

Either one and the perp should feel lucky his head is still attached after a neck shot....red

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Had to be the 1911. If the perp had been grazed in the neck with a thirty-ought-six there’d be no head still attached.

[Navy Patriot]

Yep, Luger: “84-year-old veteran Fred Ricciutti defended his home against an intruder with a Luger pistol from the Second World War.”

[SandRat]

Too bad it wasn’t the Garand.

Would have garnered the Dirty Harry motto, “No trial, No reprt to file!”

[Slump Tester]

I assume it was a 1911 Colt.

[muir_redwoods]

It says he pulled it out of a drawer so I’m thinking it was a 1911

[Afterguard]

I’m thinking that if he had been shot in the neck (at close range) with an M1, the dirtbags head would be dangling from rags of shreaded flesh. Dead.