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Putin shows off sniper skills firing Kalashnikov rifle
AFP ^ | September 19, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 09/20/2018 6:50:32 AM PDT by C19fan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday showed off his marksmanship by testing out a new Kalashnikov sniper rifle and hitting the target more than half the time.

Russian state television showed Putin in goggles and earphones crouching as he fired the silver rifle at the Kalashnikov company's shooting range outside Moscow.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: banglist; putin; sniper
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1 posted on 09/20/2018 6:50:32 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Have him get back to me when he’s plinking at five hundred yards.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 6:54:11 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: C19fan
goggles and earphones

He's probably going skiing and listening to ZZ Top.......LOL!

3 posted on 09/20/2018 6:55:37 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I’s love to see Trump do the same thing and really trigger the left.. I can see the headlines now. “The presidents got a gun!!! run for your lives. LOL.


4 posted on 09/20/2018 6:59:29 AM PDT by freedomlver
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To: freedomlver

Didn’t he already, at a police range somewhere during the campaign in 2016?


5 posted on 09/20/2018 7:00:52 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd ( Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: C19fan
Nice rattle-can camo job there, Ivan.


6 posted on 09/20/2018 7:11:53 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: freedomlver
I’s love to see Trump do the same thing and really trigger the left.. I can see the headlines now. “The presidents got a gun!!! run for your lives. LOL.

President Trump has a NYC concealed carry permit. That alone 'triggered' the left during the election.

7 posted on 09/20/2018 7:15:29 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: C19fan

And how much special instruction was he given first? Am I the only one who remembers the footage of him flinching and closing his eyes while shooting a pistol? Im sure he had a number of areas of advanced specialization in the KGB, small arms specialist wasnt one of them.


8 posted on 09/20/2018 7:19:07 AM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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Anyone notice his hearing protection is US made!


9 posted on 09/20/2018 7:35:03 AM PDT by offduty
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To: Yo-Yo

It looks like an AR not an AK


10 posted on 09/20/2018 7:37:51 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: offduty

LOL!


11 posted on 09/20/2018 7:40:02 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
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To: Ouderkirk
It looks like an AR not an AK

It's made by Kalashnikov, but it's not an AK.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/08/25/chukavin-sniper-rifle-svch-kalashnikov-concern/

12 posted on 09/20/2018 7:45:47 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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13 posted on 09/20/2018 7:57:22 AM PDT by Rio
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To: SkyDancer

The link photo looks like an indoor range.
I’m thinking a maximum of 100 yds with no cross wind.


14 posted on 09/20/2018 8:19:06 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: C19fan
obama_gun
15 posted on 09/20/2018 8:24:30 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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A hundred yard indoor range? That’d be something. I’m thinking a shooter’s bench since the target was shown to be outside.


16 posted on 09/20/2018 8:26:44 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Yo-Yo
It's made by Kalashnikov, but it's not an AK.

Not an original idea amongst them is there?

17 posted on 09/20/2018 8:46:24 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: freedomlver
I’d love to see Trump do the same thing and really trigger the left..


18 posted on 09/20/2018 8:49:08 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: waterhill
I like yours better, but here is the original:

He's a disgusting person, inept at everything except seizing and then abusing power.

19 posted on 09/20/2018 9:08:41 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: SkyDancer

Chukavin SVCh-308. In typical soviet fashion, comes in 7.62x54R and 7.62 NATO. Nothing remotely similar to anything Stoner ever designed.

Interesting that they chose to put the charging handle on the left side of a sniper’s weapon.


20 posted on 09/20/2018 9:09:33 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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