Lucky son of a biatch.

Nice prize, until the people who own the guns come looking for them...

What a deal!

Niiiiiice...

oukewldave: Nice prize, until the people who own the guns come looking for them...

Well at least he won't be unarmed when they do

MightyPez: oukewldave: Nice prize, until the people who own the guns come looking for them...

Well at least he won't be unarmed when they do

Hopefully those came with bullets.

Wait, I bought a bunch of AKs and I didn't get ONE lousy wooden crate! What gives, Ivan!?.

hmm, I assume he actually got 80 rifles but is keeping one for himself.

Rapmaster2000: MightyPez: oukewldave: Nice prize, until the people who own the guns come looking for them...

Well at least he won't be unarmed when they do

Hopefully those came with bullets.

Hey, wood stocks make excellent clubs when you're panicked and being chased down by heavily tattooed men

What a country!

FTFA: Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin... said he will launch a probe into the mysterious appearance of automatic rifles. "Wow! I will hold a meeting with Izhmash about its firearms next week and we will deal with this miracle," he wrote on his Facebook page

In related news, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister uses the word "Wow" and has a Facebook page.

abominare: hmm, I assume he actually got 80 rifles but is keeping one for himself.

The ATF will be returning the 60 rifles once they track down who owns them.

FYI, if this happens to you in the land of the free don't tell anyone anything. It doesn't mater what you say BATFE will not believe you.

Full auto ak's 1950-60's stock factory direct from IZH. shiat if you could transfer those in the US they would be worth 15K a pop.

Why are these being recycled instead of being turned into kits and sold in the US?

I'd love me a milled Izhmash Type 3 AK :(

It was a good day.

mbillips: Dammit! Any old fart trying to buy $15 worth of firewood in Russia, or any 14-year-old in Africa, can buy select-fire AKMs from the late '50s, but can I get one for love or money to help complete my Soviet small arms collection? Which is kept locked in a safe? Hell no.

You can if you go over there. Getting it home would be another matter.

Rapmaster2000: MightyPez: oukewldave: Nice prize, until the people who own the guns come looking for them...

Well at least he won't be unarmed when they do

Hopefully those came with bullets.

FTFA: A total of 79 guns and 253 cartridges were stuffed in more than 60 wooden boxes

/odd numbers, those

I'm sure all 78 rifles and 153 cartridges will be turned in to the proper authorities.

GoBadgers: I'm sure all 78 rifles and 153 cartridges will be turned in to the proper authorities.

Which then they'll inform to the papers that all 70 rifles and 50 cartridges have been taken care of by the local police, and passed on to the higher-ops.

Steve McQueen's Motorcycle: Lucky son of a biatch.

I do belive those were the first words out of my mouth too.

and the villager reported this way?

justanotherfarkinfarker: Full auto ak's 1950-60's stock factory direct from IZH. shiat if you could transfer those in the US they would be worth 15K a pop.

Remember when illegal arms dealing was such a big market in other countries? Then the US just starting sending war machines to everyone.

Now the markets have reversed, it seems.

mbillips: JVD: Why are these being recycled instead of being turned into kits and sold in the US?

I'd love me a milled Izhmash Type 3 AK :(

I've got one, supposedly (although it might be Bulgarian), on a milled US receiver. VERY nice, much more heavy-duty innards than most clones. But the wood's all farked up; has brass pins that block the cleaning rod hole.

Milled receiver AKs use pretty much the same internal parts as any other AK. All you're getting with the milled receiver is more weight and possibly a bit more accuracy due to less flexing.

For better durability and accuracy and without so much extra weight, what you really want is an RPK-type receiver, stamped from heavier sheet metal and with a beefier front trunnion.

AK pic thread?

So, at no point did anyone say "gee, these empty crates sure are heavy..."?

Michale Kalashnikov is my hero. From a Russian tank driver wounded in combat to a national hero.
AK- 47's have accounted for around 50 Million deaths..... gotta love em', reliability at it's finest. So ugly only their mama could love them but so deadly a King Cobra shows it's backside running away.

JesseL: For better durability and accuracy and without so much extra weight, what you really want is a RPK-type receiver, stamped from heavier sheet metal and with a beefier front trunnion Saiga.

Cybernetic: mbillips: Dammit! Any old fart trying to buy $15 worth of firewood in Russia, or any 14-year-old in Africa, can buy select-fire AKMs from the late '50s, but can I get one for love or money to help complete my Soviet small arms collection? Which is kept locked in a safe? Hell no.

You can if you go over there. Getting it home would be another matter.

/ Build your own .....AK's don't require brain surgery. > :)

mdeesnuts: JesseL: For better durability and accuracy and without so much extra weight, what you really want is a RPK-type receiver, stamped from heavier sheet metal and with a beefier front trunnion Saiga.

Saigas are decent, but they're still 1.0mm steel and standard sized trunnions - nothing inherently tougher than any other AKM. They have a reputation for above average build quality and they have the mystique of being made in Russia but that's about it.

bikerbob: Cybernetic: mbillips: Dammit! Any old fart trying to buy $15 worth of firewood in Russia, or any 14-year-old in Africa, can buy select-fire AKMs from the late '50s, but can I get one for love or money to help complete my Soviet small arms collection? Which is kept locked in a safe? Hell no.

You can if you go over there. Getting it home would be another matter.

/ Build your own .....AK's don't require brain surgery. > :)

As long as you don't care about the risk of being sent to PMITA prison.

Even if you DIY, it's still illegal to make a select-fire AK unless you have the appropriate FFL and SOT.

CygnusDarius: GoBadgers: I'm sure all 78 rifles and 153 cartridges will be turned in to the proper authorities.

Which then they'll inform to the papers that all 70 rifles and 50 cartridges have been taken care of by the local police, and passed on to the higher-ops.

And Im sure it will be reported in Pravda how the 45 rifles and 10 cartridges made it safe from the local police to the military police for the "investigation"

FTA: "I imagine how scared the West is of our nuclear arms," a Facebook user Oleg Zabara wrote in a comment on Rogozin's post. "Not because they exist, but because they could accidentally fall on them (by mistake), just like those rifles got to that old man."

lolwut?

I have seen estimates of over 100 million AK 47's having been manufactured and largely dumped all over the world. Russia and a number of other countries made and continue to make them. They are one of the ongoing curses of the third world. They are cheap, and as noted in this thread rugged and reliable. No one really knows how long it is going to take to wear out the ones already in the hands of 'insurgents', 'pirates', 'religious fanatics' criminals, and God knows who else that shouldn't have them. This weapon has gone a long way to making many areas of the world lawless and brutal.

DreamSnipers: I have seen estimates of over 100 million AK 47's having been manufactured and largely dumped all over the world. Russia and a number of other countries made and continue to make them. They are one of the ongoing curses of the third world. They are cheap, and as noted in this thread rugged and reliable. No one really knows how long it is going to take to wear out the ones already in the hands of 'insurgents', 'pirates', 'religious fanatics' criminals, and God knows who else that shouldn't have them. This weapon has gone a long way to making many areas of the world lawless and brutal.

People are just as good at being lawless and brutal to each other with rocks and pointy sticks. On the other hand, something that allows the weak to stand on equal footing with the lawless and brutal to resist being victimized can't be all bad.

DreamSnipers: I have seen estimates of over 100 million AK 47's having been manufactured and largely dumped all over the world. Russia and a number of other countries made and continue to make them. They are one of the ongoing curses of the third world. They are cheap, and as noted in this thread rugged and reliable. No one really knows how long it is going to take to wear out the ones already in the hands of 'insurgents', 'pirates', 'religious fanatics' criminals, and God knows who else that shouldn't have them. This weapon has gone a long way to making many areas of the world lawless and brutal.

Do you think if the AK had never been invented that another cheap, easily mass produced weapon wouldn't have filled that role?

AK or not, those lawless areas were guaranteed to be brutal no matter what.

Von_Ruff,
DreamSnipers: I have seen estimates of over 100 million AK 47's having been manufactured and largely dumped all over the world. Russia and a number of other countries made and continue to make them. They are one of the ongoing curses of the third world. They are cheap, and as noted in this thread rugged and reliable. No one really knows how long it is going to take to wear out the ones already in the hands of 'insurgents', 'pirates', 'religious fanatics' criminals, and God knows who else that shouldn't have them. This weapon has gone a long way to making many areas of the world lawless and brutal.
Do you think if the AK had never been invented that another cheap, easily mass produced weapon wouldn't have filled that role?
AK or not, those lawless areas were guaranteed to be brutal no matter what.


Seconded. If it wasn't an AK47 on some flags, it would be an MP42 redesigned.

I believe he made a comment many years after he designed the AK, that it was not his goal to make a gun, but just be a good engineer at whatever the task was. It happened to be a rifle.

Webpage pointing to Mikhail Kalashnikov's quotes:

Link (new window)

abominare: hmm, I assume he actually got 80 rifles but is keeping one for himself.

Its only too bad that the gov't wants the 75 rifles back.

/wait, can we do this the other way too?
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I love how journalism in 2012 involves linking to someone's facebook page.

No Lord of War references?

/sigh