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Assault rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94
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Posted on 12/23/2013 8:41:52 AM PST by kronos77
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To: RayChuang88
I read, years ago, that Charles Atkins Jr was hunting in South Vietnam back in the late 1950s, before the war.
He was warned to be aware of the communist infiltrators, and while hunting, there came into his view two of them armed with rifles.
Askins pulled out his 44 Magnum and killed them both dead. One was armed with an SKS, the other with a strange rifle that turned out to be an AK.
Askins claimed that HE was probably the first person to take a human life with the .44 mag, and capture the first AK-47.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:13:39 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: JoeProBono
Drinking that stuff might have caused his internal bleeding.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:14:57 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: CPO retired
The same could be said of the Czech CZ vz. 58. Mine is absolutely flawless.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:16:27 AM PST
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: JoeProBono
Excellent paint remover!
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:17:24 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: 43north
Mikail Kalashnikov was also a life member of the NRA. That’s the American NRA. Hince he was one of our comrades-in-arms. He was a good one to have on our Freeper side.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:18:37 AM PST
by
Monterrosa-24
(...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47)
To: GladesGuru
***the Matty Matell and is now called the AR-15,***
Back in the late 1960s, a men’s adventure magazine had a cover painting of a wounded US soldier and a beautiful nurse fighting against the VC. The weapon the soldier was using was an M-16. A copy of the Matell toy M-16.
I had a gun shop owner tell me that some M-16s were made by Matell. I tried not to laugh in his face.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:18:55 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: kronos77
My condolences to the Russians, they have lost a great man today.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:21:10 AM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: kronos77
Although it was never intended as a standard battle rifle, I think the M1 Carbine would qualify as a very early assault rifle. It did not have a full auto feature but that was added later.
In my opinion, it was better without it.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:21:32 AM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: rlmorel
***When he shot the AK47, he showed how comparatively inaccurate the weapon was,***
Inaccurate, yes. But the VALMET and GALIL versions were super accurate, from what I have read.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:21:32 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: mad_as_he$$
Actually he ripped off the basic design from the Germans. They had their Germans, we had our Germans.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:24:40 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The toy M-16 made by Matell
To: kronos77
I have heard that the Polish AKs were pretty good.
To: kronos77
Yuri Orlov: Of all the weapons in the vast Soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947, more commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle, a weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple nine pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood, it doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It will shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy even a child could use it, and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:27:02 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Go now to your rest, Sgt. Kalashnikov. You did well.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:28:48 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: dfwgator
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; JoeProBono
To: kronos77
I have always thought the denigration of the gun for being comparatively inaccurate quite odd.
A very large percentage of those it was intended for weren’t going to be crack shots anyway. Many operating on the spray and pray principle, with no real aiming at all.
IOW, weapons and tools. An effective tool is one that works well at what it is intended to do. The AK-47 was never intended to be a precision weapon or a sniper rifle. It worked supremely well at what it was intended for. Nobody can ask more from any tool or weapon. Combining this high functionality with inexpensive construction makes it a work of true genius.
To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; blackie; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:31:39 AM PST
by
Joe Brower
(The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
To: bramps
The fact you could stamp it out of sheet metal for less than $3 and that 100 million+ of them are floating around comes to mind...
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:31:56 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Sherman Logan
Acckk.
“IOW, weapons and tools.” should be “A weapon is a tool.”
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