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AK's, AR's, FN, VZ, FAL, and so on. (Post WWII)
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Besides Mosin Nagants I do find time to collect other types of firearms, case in point, what my wife refers to as the "Evil Sisters", my Romanian FPK, my Yugoslavian M76, and my Russian SVD Tiger.
The FPK
The M76
The SVD Tiger
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle" - Joseph Stalin
Shes right, what are you down in the crypt tonight? Again with the shadow pics, I just got the shivers and had to turn on another light.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms,
you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
"When I die, I want to be facing my enemies surrounded by their dead bodies and piles of spent brass"
"Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain
The FPK shoots nice, likes 147 gr LB ammo, but will string shots vertically as the barrel heats up if you run the rounds through it fast, the barrel needed to be thicker.
The M76 is a dream to shoot and will run any 8mm ammo but it likes the Yugo 196gr HB ammo the best, its only draw back is 8mm ammo is getting pricey
The SVD tiger is a dream boat, good combo of weight and length, loves 7N1 ammo ( pricey) but functions great at most range lengths on 147 gr LB ammo
The bargin of the group was the FPK, but the recent drying up of the supply means what was a $600.00 rifle 3 years ago is passing $1200.00 used. The M76 is not much more expensive and a better made rifle with a heavier barrel, a great gun for the money. But the SVD is the "sexy Italian sports car" of the group, gets all the attention at the range, and is just a fun rifle to shoot but the prices on them in SVD furniture are approaching the $4000.00 mark
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle" - Joseph Stalin
There is a beautiful M76 on GB at what I consider a reasonable price, but more than I can afford. I really like yours though
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms,
you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
"When I die, I want to be facing my enemies surrounded by their dead bodies and piles of spent brass"
"Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain
Wow. Tigers are so seldom seen because of the cost, but really, they are the 69 GTO JUDGE of all semi auto lock n load fun guns in my opinion. Not a bad 401k trio you have there.
At first I thought, " Now how does he know SWMBO and her two sisters?"
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
"Fast is fine, But accuracy is everything" Wyatt Earp
"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!"
Adolph Hitler – 1933
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
RIfles Dan, guns do not have rifling in the bores, rifles do. A Shotgun is a "gun"
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt