Old AKs never die.......

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#1 Post by snayperskaya »

"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin

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This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out? 5mith kukkuk
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Les wrote:
This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out? 5mith kukkuk
I was asked the same question when I test fired a hand made / home made Kyber Pass AK !!

It worked just fine. On full auto bangbang
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#4 Post by Les »

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. ;) lol
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breacher wrote:
Les wrote:
This pre-owned AK still worked when taken off a poacher in Africa
I wonder who was stupid enough to find that out? 5mith kukkuk
I was asked the same question when I test fired a hand made / home made Kyber Pass AK !!

It worked just fine. On full auto bangbang
Seen a few Khyber Pass AKM's where they have even copied the Izhmash Arsenal stamp and Cyrillic selector markings.

Bin Laden with a Khyber Pass AKM fitted with the rear trunnion and side folding stock from an AK-74
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#6 Post by BamBam »

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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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 )
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#8 Post by DaveB »

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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#9 Post by snayperskaya »

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 )
How about the "44 Bore" AK's they knock up in Pakistan......

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/pathan ... 8x33-kurz/
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#10 Post by snayperskaya »

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.
An AR would have turned to dust long before either the stamped or milled receiver!!! :p
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