wandering in antique stores, what did i find? LOL!

[shithawk420]

I appreciate it but my father and I are assholes.he never saw Vietnam buy a few years.its a terrible thing to think but sometimes I I think I wish he did so I was never born.we have both cracked some skulls in.cant say they deserve it though.local yolkels tried raping a girl in front of us.we literally took the whole town of 500 down.we still won.guess I'm glad they didn't have a gun

 

[Green Squall]

I think my buddies is from another eastern European country.i can't remember which but it's definitely not chinese.thing weights too much to be chinese.thing is built like a tank.id take it over an AR

My guess would be the WASR series AKM from Romania, probably the most common AK variant you'll find here in the US.

 

[shithawk420]

My guess would be the WASR series AKM from Romania, probably the most common AK variant you'll find here in the US.

I think your right Squall.it probably is romanian.my brain is shot to hell I just can't remember these days.

Speaking of my same buddy his family bought raffle tickets and actually won a spanking brand new AR for him.i only like ARs because you can customize it so much.when I shot one the rail system plus the scope were way too heavy.

 

[armedoldhippy]

.i only like ARs because you can customize it so much.

they call the AR-15 "Barbies for men" because there are so many accessories available...

 

[shithawk420]

they call the AR-15 "Barbies for men" because there are so many accessories available...

Lol I don't think I've heard that one! My buddies brother has an awesome scope for his.its an electric riticule that can shape and color and size.

 

[moose eater]

all of the Soviet satellite nations built them, much as folks in Pakistan & Afghanistan do even now. i'd take an AR myself. folks serving in viet nam say that MANY lives of GIs were spared because the safety on an AK sounds like popping the top on a can of beer when you flick it off. impossible to do quietly. ruins a perfectly good ambush...

That pivoting/rotating safety lever on an AK can be gently slightly lifted on rotation from safe to rock-n-roll, doing away with the sound of the metal 'tit' popping into its inset stay-point.

Harder to remember to do with substantial adrenaline flowing through one's veins, but if the person doing the waiting or hunting is calm, then remembering to decompress that tab when sliding it works wonders.

Overall, the AKs were a MUCH more pragmatic and functional firearm than the ARs, M4s, XM177E's, CAR-15 shorties, etc., all of which had feed and cycling problems that went beyond the common point of blame back then re. incompatible loads in the ammunition. In fact, on the XM177E and the very similar CAR-15 shorty, the flash suppressor was redesigned to create sufficient gas back-pressure to cause it to cycle properly, but the flash suppressors were so restrictive that BATFE classed them as suppressors.

And the AK's cycle at a notably faster firing rate than the Colt and Colt copies; ~900/cyclic minute, compared to about 735 to 750/cyclic minute, and with the AKs having substantially greater weight in the projectile, to boot. That old/whole "E = MC squared" thing.

 

[armedoldhippy]

i'll take your word on it, Moose. never fired an AK myself. shot M-16s in basic, "battle-rattle" weapons refurbished / rebuilt after viet nam. still wonderfully accurate however. lack of recoil from the .223/5.56 cartridge had much to do with that for the average enlistee i suspect.

 

[big315smooth]

check this out hippy got this awhile back got crack and fixed but its ok. from 70s era groovy colors my friend lucky spotted the better ashtray from set his had domed funnel for the smoke while holding cig or joint its really cool but bulky

trippy colors why i dont mind the crack

 

[armedoldhippy]

check this out hippy got this awhile back got crack and fixed but its ok. from 70s era groovy colors my friend lucky spotted the better ashtray from set his had domed funnel for the smoke while holding cig or joint its really cool but bulky

trippy colors why i dont mind the crack

that IS a cool color combo. i'd have glued it up & kept it too...i used to have a few dozen clay birds like used shooting trap & skeet. dirt damn cheap, so if you broke one, toss it, get another. something like $12 for 144 of them back then.

 

[buzzmobile]

something like $12 for 144 of them back then.

That's gross.
☺

 

[gizmo666]

Love to read the way you all can use all different types of weapons
Hell we're not even allowed an air pistol anymore here

 

[big315smooth]

 

[armedoldhippy]

yeah, my wife got on me when i first started concealed carry. "what makes you think you need that?" i told her "reading the newspaper ..." all she looks at is obituaries so she'll know if there is a funeral she needs to go to. but after there were car-jackings & home invasions in broad daylight around here, she has STFU about it. i take my S&W 442 into the shower with me in a ziplock bag in case some asshole kicks the door in because there aren't any cars here. my oldest son drives my truck to work these days, so it looks as if there is nobody home...a loaded firearm is like life insurance. you keep it handy, hoping you never need it.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Love to read the way you all can use all different types of weapons
Hell we're not even allowed an air pistol anymore here

that sucks, gizmo! are you in Great Britain or ?

 

[gizmo666]

I tried to get a shotgun license years ago
Ony to be told because of my military past I was a risk
But I was OK to defend the country......
A call to arms in the UK would be a joke

 

[armedoldhippy]

I tried to get a shotgun license years ago
Ony to be told because of my military past I was a risk
But I was OK to defend the country......
A call to arms in the UK would be a joke

i "think" that i see the problem. ex-military means that you understand HOW a weapon works, and that you would hit what you shoot at, and would be willing to shoot someone that needs it. even if they are "only robbing you" because they are "misunderstood", and mean you no harm, if you would only ignore the knife & club they were carrying when they kicked in your door. yup, no bigger waste of time than asking for volunteers that don't know how to shoot a firearm, and with little to no experience safely handling one. i hate for you (and the free world) that "Great" Britain has decided that her citizens are the problem...damn.

 

[big315smooth]

yeah, my wife got on me when i first started concealed carry. "what makes you think you need that?" i told her "reading the newspaper ..." all she looks at is obituaries so she'll know if there is a funeral she needs to go to. but after there were car-jackings & home invasions in broad daylight around here, she has STFU about it. i take my S&W 442 into the shower with me in a ziplock bag in case some asshole kicks the door in because there aren't any cars here. my oldest son drives my truck to work these days, so it looks as if there is nobody home...a loaded firearm is like life insurance. you keep it handy, hoping you never need it.

laws in my state are shitty for carrying. for in home defense im a huge fan of the shotty let her rip!

 

[D. B. Doober]

I tried to get a shotgun license years ago
Ony to be told because of my military past I was a risk
But I was OK to defend the country......
A call to arms in the UK would be a joke

Sorry you couldn't get your shotgun license gizmo666
i don't have a gun.

 

[armedoldhippy]

gizmo666... how do the laws there view black powder firearms & replicas? here, before my legislature passed the "constitutional carry" law (IE-if not prohibited because of criminal or mental reasons, and over 21, anyone can concealed carry) the law viewed black powder revolvers etc as "a non-firearm". you could have one hidden under car seat etc loaded & caps on the nipples legally. oddly, however, if it was primitive weapons hunting season, you had to remove the cap from the nipple to legally have your rifle in a vehicle. never could get a LEO to explain that to me....

 

[armedoldhippy]

laws in my state are shitty for carrying. for in home defense im a huge fan of the shotty let her rip!

hell yes! i keep a 10 gauge beside my bed when i hit the sack...looking for one of the Mossberg 20 ga. pistol grip home defense guns now. at indoor ranges, a 20 is just as good as a 10 or 12, and won't injure my wife with the recoil.