Mikhail Kalashnikov Dies at 94

Nemesis · Dec 23, 2013

im not even really sure what to say, really...i had a feeling his time was running out when he ended up in the hospital awhile back with heart problems.

i regret never getting a chance to sit down and share a bottle of vodka with the man.

wilcam47 · Dec 23, 2013

I like the AK's even though they are the preferred weapons of most of our enemies...

Nemesis · Dec 23, 2013

wilcam47 said:
I like the AK's even though they are the preferred weapons of most of our enemies...

means nothing, our enemies will use whatever they can get their hands on...

reverendbeer · Dec 23, 2013

wilcam47 said:
I like the AK's even though they are the preferred weapons of most of our enemies...

They make a distinctive sound when fired at you.

wilcam47 · Dec 23, 2013

reverendbeer said:
They make a distinctive sound when fired at you.

I hope to never find out... :lol2:

I need to go target shooting!

bobbowmossberg · Dec 23, 2013

reverendbeer · Dec 23, 2013

wilcam47 said:
I hope to never find out... I need to go target shooting!

wilcam47 · Dec 23, 2013

reverendbeer said:

I love watching that movie...

engineerbrian · Dec 23, 2013

somd_mustangs said:
looks like he has his finger on the trigger and muzzle pointed at the grinning dudes groinal region

Because being shot in the "groinal region" by Mr Kalashnikov himself is an honor

lennyk · Dec 23, 2013

"In your country they give out patents - in my country they give out medals." I believe this is one of the lines in Mr Kalashnikov's conversation with Dr Eugene Stoner. He was a hard core communist and patriot for his motherland. He changed the landscape of the world. A group of villagers resisting oppression with sticks is called an uprsising. The same villagers with Ak47's and that is now called a revolution. And he knew that.

ma_deuce · Dec 23, 2013

RIP. Brilliant designer, unrepentant socialist, but he stuck by his principles.

BlackBart · Dec 23, 2013

Many of these men thank you for the kind thoughts. :sad20:

Nemesis · Dec 23, 2013

so are we supposed to be happy to see him die because his design was used by our enemies?

get over it

many lost their lives to our 1903 rifles, do you think people are mad at the germans as a result? (for those who dont know, the 1903 springfield was copied off of the german mauser rifles).

the modern assault rifle would probably not exist today if it were not for MK, the STG may have came first, but it was the AK that proved the advantages of the platform.

reverendbeer · Dec 23, 2013

BlackBart said:
Many of these men thank you for the kind thoughts.

Yeah, cuz otherwise, they'd have just thrown stern looks.

Wow, really?

I guess you support shooting victims lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

BlackBart has shown me the way...I guess is IS the gun that kills people.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF JOHN BROWNING!!!!

:rolleyes:

BlackBart · Dec 23, 2013

Even though it wasn't his demise but certainly Lambo's brother also thanks you.

I could easily cite another "weapon" but it would surely get me permatosed.

lennyk · Dec 23, 2013

BlackBart said:
Many of these men thank you for the kind thoughts.

With all due respect to the names on that wall...I thought that people kill people? Kalashnikov was heavily wounded in a tank battle. I am not sure how many lives he personally claimed. And that is how I define having blood on one's hand. I wonder if Teller, Oppenheimer, and Einstein slept well at night.

reverendbeer · Dec 23, 2013

BlackBart said:
Even though it wasn't his demise but certainly Lambo's brother also thanks you.

I could easily cite another "weapon" but it would surely get me permatosed.

Whatever, bro.

armed ferret · Dec 23, 2013

What are the details of the shoot? I have a number of rifles I can bring. You supply the ammo.

Alphabrew · Dec 23, 2013

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the former Red Army sergeant behind one of the world’s most omnipresent weapons — the AK-47 and its variants and copies, used by national armies, terrorists, drug gangs, bank robbers, revolutionaries and jihadists — died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Izhevsk, Russia. He was 94.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...4e40be-6bf5-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_story.html

Hunter.50cal · Dec 23, 2013

A great loss to the world of arms. And he never got rich off his 100 million plus creations. It was all for mother Russia. The man quite possibly changed the world.

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