Old AKs never die.......
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- snayperskaya
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Old AKs never die.......
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Re: Old AKs never die.......
I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out?This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
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Re: Old AKs never die.......
I was asked the same question when I test fired a hand made / home made Kyber Pass AK !!Les wrote:I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out?This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
It worked just fine. On full auto
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I've seen some of the Pakistani/Kyber Pass back yard rifles, and I certainly wouldn't mind having a couple of 'em in my cabinet. Them's definitely not Holland and Holland quality, but I've seen a lot worse.
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Seen a few Khyber Pass AKM's where they have even copied the Izhmash Arsenal stamp and Cyrillic selector markings.breacher wrote:I was asked the same question when I test fired a hand made / home made Kyber Pass AK !!Les wrote:I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out?This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
It worked just fine. On full auto
Bin Laden with a Khyber Pass AKM fitted with the rear trunnion and side folding stock from an AK-74
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Re: Old AKs never die.......
Milled receivers rule, your stamped metal AKMs would have dissolved by now in the same "storage" circumstances as the one in the link.
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Re: Old AKs never die.......
The Khyber I tested was a milled receiver - though milling was an overstatement. It had no blueing.
It was a "homage" to the short SU.
It was marked "shourt special" and "automatik" and "7.65mm" ( but was definately 7.62x39 )
It was a "homage" to the short SU.
It was marked "shourt special" and "automatik" and "7.65mm" ( but was definately 7.62x39 )
http://www.phoenixtactical.co.uk
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Re: Old AKs never die.......
When I was doing land mine clearance in Cambodia, one of our guys put together an AK47 he made from bits and pieces he found with a metal detector in various minefields. It looked like hell of course, no wooden bits left, but it functioned just fine. Accuracy was - well, dismal.
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How about the "44 Bore" AK's they knock up in Pakistan......breacher wrote:The Khyber I tested was a milled receiver - though milling was an overstatement. It had no blueing.
It was a "homage" to the short SU.
It was marked "shourt special" and "automatik" and "7.65mm" ( but was definately 7.62x39 )
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/pathan ... 8x33-kurz/
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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Re: Old AKs never die.......
An AR would have turned to dust long before either the stamped or milled receiver!!!BamBam wrote:Milled receivers rule, your stamped metal AKMs would have dissolved by now in the same "storage" circumstances as the one in the link.
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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