RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov

[Farm Boy 2]

Kalashnikov facts

1. It in one of the few weapons that can be totally submerged in water and then still fire straight away.
2. Due to its simplicity and easy of manufacture it is the most copied gun in the world.
3. The inventor of the AK-47 did not profit from the gun. Communist states had no patents, and until its collapse in 1991, Kalashnikov was simply an employee of the Soviet Union.
4. The AK-47 can be stripped in under a minute and cleaned quickly in almost any climatic condition. Even if it isn’t cleaned, an AK-47 is still more likely to fire than any of its rivals as it has wide mechanical tollerances.
5. With only eight moving parts the AK-47 is cheap to manufacture and easy to use — so easy in fact that users can be taught how to properly handle this weapon in a single hour.
6. The cost of one machine on the “black market” range from just £6 to Afghanistan to £3,000 in India.
7. The Kalashnikov rifle is in the “Guinness Book of Records” as the most common weapon in the world. Currently, there are about 100 million AK. This means that 60 adult inhabitants of our planet have on one machine.
8. It is in service with the armies and special units of 106 countries of the world.
9. The Kalashnikov rifle is shown in the arms of some states. Currently, it is present in the coat of arms of the African country of Zimbabwe (since 1980), the coat of arms and the flag of Mozambique (since 1975), emblem of the Asian state of East Timor. From 1984 to 1997, AK was depicted on the emblem of the African state of Burkina Faso.
10. In some African countries, a newborn is given a name Kalash - in honor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle.

 

[wr3xr]

I dont know who the're talking about but Hugo Schmeisser died in 1953...

The old StG44 v AK debate! I think Mikhail actually admitted getting help from him a few years ago.

 

[Farm Boy 2]

Kalashnikov received too many medals to fit on his chest. He also got enough money from the government to live a comfortable life, though not the royalties (a capitalist concept) that might have made him a multimillionaire. He was showered with praise and honors for doing something few other Russians had done -- start a global brand. That this was a brand for a somewhat sinister product hasn't bothered those who continue to eulogize Kalashnikov, as a man who showed the world what the Russian mind could do.
The designer himself might have preferred to be famous for something other than the world's deadliest gun. He blamed "the Germans" for making him a weapons designer, and once told reporters: "If it had not been for World War II, I probably would have designed machinery to ease the hard peasant labor."

 

[westy]

A legacy I would not envy. I may not leave much of a legacy,but I can sleep at night. ( he posts at midnight ) HeHe

 

[Farm Boy 2]

Peter Paul Mauser was born in Oberndorff, Neckar, in 1838. Working with his brother Wilhelm Mauser (1834-1882), he developed the needle gun that was adopted by the German Army in 1871.
In 1897 Mauser produced the Mauser Gewehr magazine-rifle. It was Germany's answer to the French Lebel M1888. It has been claimed that it was the most successful bolt-action rifle ever designed. Peter Paul Mauser died in 1914.


FB2 has two modern Mauser derived rifle's and can say thanks Peter Paul your a genius .

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[Farm Boy 2]

General Kalashnikov’s Shotgun

This AK-style 12 Gauge Is Gaining A Following Among 3-Gun Shooters And Predator Hunters

Morphing rifles into shotguns is a curious business. The classic example was the German conversion of the Mauser 98 into Geha-branded, 16-gauge sporters between-the-wars. The end result was a pretty nice looking bolt-action shotgun if a bolt-action shotgun appealed to you. The action, more than any other element of these designs, make rifle-to-shotgun transformations so intriguing.
Recently, there have been two, rather interesting, contemporary adaptations. The Russian arms factory of Izhmash has developed .410, 20- and 12-gauge models based on the AK-47 action, which go by the name of “Saiga” while Eksen Arms in Istanbul, Turkey, has fielded the AR-15-looking Akdal MKA 1919 in 12 gauge. Both brands speak well for their genealogy with the Saiga being a faithful adaptation of the AK-47 mechanism while the MKA 1919 resembles an AR in cosmetics only.
I’ve not had an opportunity to work with the new MKA 1919, but the Saiga has been around for a few years, and I’ve had some experience with it.


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[Wayne Kerr]

I'm a non violent person but guns really do seem like fun.