Mark Petrie
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More random music from the iPod. This song is not from Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, I just liked the image. It’s actually from Twilight Breaking Dawn…I know, weird but it’s still epic sounding.
Pew pew…
Some combinations are just wrong… An odd accessory for the AR-15, the Pearce grip kit mimics that of the classic 1911 pistol. It allows you to install any standard 1911 grip panels to customize your rifle. Some people may like this idea but I just can’t get over how unappealing it looks.
Model 1858
This is a modern day reproduction of the Remington design. One major difference is the barrel length, measuring in at 12” versus the original length of 8”. It’s a single action, black powder revolver in .44 caliber. A few companies made or still make these reproductions but the long barreled ones seem to mostly be from a Texas based manufacturer.
Colt “Buntline Special”
A long barreled revolver based on the venerable Single Action Army. It has an extreme barrel length of 16”, although 10” models were available. The name is based off of a Western writer who claimed to have given these long barreled revolvers to several well known figures such as Wyatt Earp.
Note the detachable metal stock. Since there is a 16” barreled version, if the stock were fixed and non-removable, it would be a carbine/rifle. Since it is removable and not a curio and relic/antique, it would be classified as an SBR (Short Barreled Rifle). The BATFE does have certain exemptions for pistols with removable stocks but I don’t think the Buntline is one of the lucky few.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
Wyatt Earp
Super Vepr A Russian made AK variant with a thicker RPK receiver. This is one of the more recently imported Super Veprs. The originals were brought in by Robinson Armament but differed because they used a unique over the dust cover scope rail that was removable. This newer import reverts back to the traditional side rail optic mounting system but at least the scope is over the bore with that low profile mount. Super Veprs now come in .308 and .223; the old Robinson Armament imports were only available in .308.
Dogs of war… When you’re thousands of miles away from home, on a foreign battlefield, around a culture you know very little or nothing about, sometimes the most basic and simple reminder of home is a puppy.
Forgot our anniversary again? A girl with a traditional AK bayonet. That model is probably the most common type out there, although the Russians and Bulgarians have a newer design. One unique little feature on modern AK bayonets (like that one) is that the sheath and lock into the notch in the blade and function as a wire cutter. The soldier’s desert camouflage is a giveaway this is from Romania. Probably a meet and greet military expo or recruitment.
Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Clamp-on Spiker
This rifle from AR15.com is a MAK 90 with the clamp on bayonet that somewhat mimics the Spiker model. From a distance it could easily be mistaken for the real thing until you got closer. For this attachment to work, you’ll need several things; the handguards cut for the bayonet to tuck into, a non-threaded barrel with no flash hider, and proper barrel diameter. It might fit onto heavy barrel AK’s and RPK’s but the clamp may not secure flush.
Spiker
A nice look at what gives this Chinese AK variant it’s nickname. Although many AK’s have the ability to use a bayonet, none of them are fixed and integrated to the front sight base as seen on the Type-56. This unique feature gives it a very intimidating but also aesthetically appealing silhouette when compared to it’s European brethren.
Chinese AK’s sold on the U.S market for the most part are often considered some of the best that were ever sold; especially the Polytechs. One further note about the bayonet; Polytech offered a clamp on bayonet that would attach to the barrel and secure to the muzzle. Price for a clamp on bayonet is usually $75 to $100. Price for just a Spiker front sight base with bayonet $400+.
I guess a quick bit of updates.
Been toying around with gifs if you’ve seen the last few posted. I do link them back to the source videos so I’m not claiming them as my own.
My birthday was a few days ago but I ended up working so I didn’t do anything. Technically my RPK-74M kit is my “birthday” present to myself which I have to send off hopefully next month to get assembled. I’ve been meaning to do an update post on the build once all the other parts came in before I sent them to the builder.
I was also tempted to buy a Tavor or a SCAR just for the Hell of it, but then I thought about the Beretta ARX 100 that should be releasing sometime this year. Some people hate it, I actually like the fully ambidextrous setup and multi-caliber system.
I really shouldn’t be spending an obscene amount of money on another rifle but I guess I’ll see if my impulse is greater than my resolve.
Haven’t posted much lately cause of triple graveyard shifts; woke up an hour ago and heading back to work in 4 hours. I probably should have worked on my paper instead of playing Metro Last Light after coming home at 5:00 AM.
So now I’m rushing my paper before I head off…
Graduation The Machine Gun Company class of 1921 from Kansas State University’s ROTC program. They were issued surplus World War I uniforms for the price of $1.00 each semester and were allowed to wear the uniform wherever and whenever they wanted. Like college students today, the students from 1921 were also financially strapped and often broke, so they wore their uniform almost constantly to keep their regular clothes in good shape. Source
M1911 Folding Knife
