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To: archy
I can live without it in a tracer version.

I had a Tokareve once. Creepy gun, I always wondered if it had hung on an NKVD officer's belt, if it had been used to put a bullet in any prisoners' necks. And no safety! Just "half cock."

216 posted on 02/27/2004 10:06:00 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Travis McGee
I had a Tokareve once. Creepy gun, I always wondered if it had hung on an NKVD officer's belt, if it had been used to put a bullet in any prisoners' necks. And no safety! Just "half cock."

It had an "Israeli Safety" AKA "Condition Three". :)

(I watched part of a training video on some TV show a few years ago, they train their guys to work the slide as they draw, and then aim and fire the first round just as it's chambered. Supposedly they have a very good first-shot success rate. It looked amazingly natural to watch the guy draw and chamber at the same time -- perfectly smooth -- and then begin firing. It seemed like he was mostly holding the slide stationary and chambering via pushing the frame forward as he prepared to fire. When he had it in position, he snapped the slide shut, and went to work.)

230 posted on 02/27/2004 10:46:16 PM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Travis McGee
"I can live without it in a tracer version."

Hey, c'mon now!! 8~)

259 posted on 02/28/2004 8:36:42 AM PST by tracer
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