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Offline Suave

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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2003, 11:54:21 AM »
How does one clean a loaded gun ? Seems like the cartridge would get in the way .
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2003, 12:02:53 PM »
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How does one clean a loaded gun ? Seems like the cartridge would get in the way .

Only until it goes off. Look down the barrel to see.   :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2003, 12:05:11 PM »
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Why the hell where you cleaning his gun while it was loaded?

Tard.

;)

(nice Freudian slip though)


Indeed :D

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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2003, 01:37:38 PM »
The guy was polishing the outside of his AK, to make it all shiny and pretty like.
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« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2003, 03:10:04 PM »
Remember when the PLO left Beriut? and hundreds of them where firing into the air as they drove out to the boats.
I cant remember the numbers but I recall a few people were killed in that little act of manhood.
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« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2003, 04:18:16 PM »
Just an FYI.

The AK-47 and its varients (at least the ones I have fired, mostly Chinese copies, Mak-90's), do not have a safety in the western sense.

There is a large lever on the right side of the receiver, made out of stamped metal.  This lever when in the "up" position blocks the action of the bolt, by simply being in the way of the bolt cocking handle, and will not allow it to move to the rear.  Thats all there is.

So, if there is a round in the chamber, the AK-47 is "hot" and ready to fire.  Regardless of the saftey position, the presence of a magazine, or anything else.  Its designed to be a very simple gun to manufacture, so it lacks many of the "Niceties" of western firearms.
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« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2003, 04:18:46 PM »
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Software engineer Tapesh Kumar Singh, 22, was sitting next to his bride when his friend shot him with a revolver at the alcohol-laden wedding bash on the outskirts of New Delhi on Sunday, Superintendent of Police Vijay Bhushan said.  


Software engineer? Darwinism at it's best!!
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« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2003, 05:40:03 PM »
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Just an FYI.

The AK-47 and its varients (at least the ones I have fired, mostly Chinese copies, Mak-90's), do not have a safety in the western sense.

There is a large lever on the right side of the receiver, made out of stamped metal.  This lever when in the "up" position blocks the action of the bolt, by simply being in the way of the bolt cocking handle, and will not allow it to move to the rear.  Thats all there is.

So, if there is a round in the chamber, the AK-47 is "hot" and ready to fire.  Regardless of the saftey position, the presence of a magazine, or anything else.  Its designed to be a very simple gun to manufacture, so it lacks many of the "Niceties" of western firearms.


All of the AK's (47s, 74s) that Ive shot (Polish, Soviet, Hungarian, etc... alot of em) werent like this at all - when the safety was engaged (moved from single or auto to safe on the right) that trigger was locked.

Sure the one you fired wasnt broken?
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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2003, 01:26:46 PM »
Not unless they were all broken, and the AK47 manual that I read was wrong as well.
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