Handguns, Guns and Rifles Thread - Page 5

Lotesse · 02-27-2006, 09:37 PM

Romanian Kalashnikov rifles... my man was in the Romanian revolution in 1989, he was there to witness it begin, when the army guys shot that priest; He says his Kalashnikov automatic rifle was like an extension of his body during that time. He had a hard time adjusting to life in the U.S. initially, when he first came here.

http://www.gunsnet.net/Linx310/

Spock · 02-27-2006, 10:32 PM

Timisoara in late autum...no that wasn't me.

Lotesse · 02-27-2006, 11:20 PM

Timisoara is my boyfriend's birth town. And yes, he was there, seeing his friends slaughtered and fighting for the end of communist tyranny in his country. And no, he didn't see you there.

Do you have any comments about Kalashnikov rifles to input here, Spock?

The last sane person · 02-27-2006, 11:41 PM

Well, I own one. It is one of my favorites.

Lotesse · 02-27-2006, 11:46 PM

Do you really? It's my man's favourite combat weapon. Can you put up a picture of the type/model of the one you have? I want to see...

Spock · 02-28-2006, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

: Do you have any comments about Kalashnikov rifles to input here, Spock?

a) it's the most rugged and dependable weapon I came across.

b) I've known those who have 'picked up' one to use as traditionally they
are not US weapons.

c) Currently I feel the MP5 a reliable tool.

Lotesse · 02-28-2006, 01:47 PM

Thank you, Spock!

That looks like a pretty compact, efficient, very deadly war tool there, in that photo. Is that MP5 one of the ones that is made in Russia, or in Romania? Where do they make that gun there...

Spock · 02-28-2006, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Thank you, Spock!

That looks like a pretty compact, efficient, very deadly war tool there, in that photo. Is that MP5 one of the ones that is made in Russia, or in Romania? Where do they make that gun there...

GERMANY

here's a good pix

The Heckler und Koch submachine gun, MP-5, is one of the most famous and wide-spread firearms of its class, developed since the Second World War. Its development began circa 1964 under the company designation HK MP-54, or simply HK 54. In the 1966, German police and Border Guard adopted the HK 54 as the MP-5, and it was originally available in two forms - MP-5 with fixed buttstock and MP-5A1 with retractable buttstock. Some years later HK slightly upgraded the design of MP-5, replacing the sights (from flip-up open notch rear and blade front to drum-type diopter rear and hooded post front) and the muzzle (replacing the two-slot muzzle compensator to the tree-lugs QD silencer mount without compensator). Other improvements made over the time concerned the magazines (early type magazines were of straight box type, latter - of curved box type for improved reliability). The trigger units also were upgraded - from original stamped steel with plastic grip to the all-plastic units, integral with grip, and with various fire modes and marking. Over the years MP-5 were adopted by the huge numbers of police, security and military forces around the world, including the German police and border guard, British police and elite Army SAS units, American police, FBI, Navy and Marine Corps, and many, many others. MP-5 is still manufactured in Germany by the HK itself, and also licensed to Greece, Iran, Pakistan and Mexico. The only real rival to the MP-5 in the terms of proliferation across the world is the famous Israeli UZI submachine gun.

The last sane person · 02-28-2006, 04:21 PM

Yes, I do own one, but I have to get it back from that perfidious brother of mine....

....Blast it...I dont really take pictures of my guns and post them on internet, but I am sure I can find similar on google.

Lotesse · 02-28-2006, 04:32 PM

Yes, that's what I meant, Shah, like a comparable pic from Google Images or something.

Spock, thanks for all that info & history about the MP-5.

I do so love when the knowledgable ones around here contribute stuff about things I'm interested in. Thanx!

Grey_Wolf · 02-28-2006, 04:45 PM

Even though this is the wrong thread for such a thing. Here goes...the neatest tank ever deviced in Sweden...

The last sane person · 02-28-2006, 04:54 PM

What I had and my brother is now..."keeping" (read stuffed in closet) for me is a WASR-10 high capacity model 2. It has a pistol grip and buttstock, no thumbhole stock (those annoy the crap out of me). Its an old work horse of a gun, and it has since had many...er...tinkering improvements done by myself and my brothers.

Lotesse · 02-28-2006, 05:02 PM

Yes Grey Wolf, this is totally the right thread for that pic! That's a sleek looking tank, there. Very cool.

Shah, that's like the way my own baby brothers do with their guns. They love to fiddle with them and trick them out. My whole family back east are card-carrying NRA people. They all - even my mother! like to go out together on Sundays after church and shoot all their guns at a big natural range. I went with them once, last time I visited my family which was like five years ago, and especially my brothers were quite a sight, with their jerry-rigged weaponry, blasting the hell out of the cliffs, like crazed Sinn Feiners.

Gotta watch out for them crazy Irish boys, man.

The last sane person · 02-28-2006, 06:03 PM

Well, all they are aiming at are cliffs. Aint that impressive.

Lotesse · 02-28-2006, 06:21 PM

I don't even want to know about their hunting habits. You know me, I am an animal freak and if they want to hunt, good on 'em but I don't want to hear about it, or witness it. I used to go hunting with my ex-boyfriend, the Greek guy, and while I was a sport and hunted right alongside him without flinching, still I put my foot down when he wanted to shoot a rabbit. "Why?" I asked him, "are you planning to make rabbit stew?" When he replied that no, one couldn't really eat the wild rabbits, what with weird wild diseases of the rabbit and whatnot, I said well then why the hell shoot the poor little bugger? But I flushed out a few chuckers, which he got, and two gorgeous pheasants, which I ate, and which incidentally were phenomenal tasting, so yes, I'll hunt. To eat. But I don't want to know what my little brothers do when they go out hunting and shooting their guns; I would rather not know if they're killing rabbits and the like, for no reason. I like to believe that they wouldn't kill a rabbit for no reason. I don't know, though. The boys are kind of wild like that.

The last sane person · 02-28-2006, 06:25 PM

Hunting I dont mind if I eat what I kill...but that wasnt what I was thinking of.

Lotesse · 02-28-2006, 06:27 PM

Then what were you thinking of?

The last sane person · 02-28-2006, 06:34 PM

*just looks at Lotesse then smiles* Nothin' love... *shoots 90second rule*

Grey_Wolf · 02-28-2006, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Yes Grey Wolf, this is totally the right thread for that pic! That's a sleek looking tank, there. Very cool.

It sure is

. It's called S-Tank - or Stridsvagn S in Swedish

Lotesse · 03-06-2006, 05:14 PM

Sweden - Volvos and Tanks! If the tank is built anything like their Volvo, it must be an excellent machine. I love Volvos. They're LIKE little tanks themselves.

Here, here's a little Stridsvagn -

02-27-2006, 09:37 PM	#81
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Romanian Kalashnikov rifles... my man was in the Romanian revolution in 1989, he was there to witness it begin, when the army guys shot that priest; He says his Kalashnikov automatic rifle was like an extension of his body during that time. He had a hard time adjusting to life in the U.S. initially, when he first came here. http://www.gunsnet.net/Linx310/ __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-27-2006, 10:32 PM	#82
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Timisoara in late autum...no that wasn't me. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

02-27-2006, 11:20 PM	#83
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Timisoara is my boyfriend's birth town. And yes, he was there, seeing his friends slaughtered and fighting for the end of communist tyranny in his country. And no, he didn't see you there. Do you have any comments about Kalashnikov rifles to input here, Spock? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-27-2006, 11:41 PM	#84
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Well, I own one. It is one of my favorites. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-27-2006, 11:46 PM	#85
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Do you really? It's my man's favourite combat weapon. Can you put up a picture of the type/model of the one you have? I want to see... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 01:47 PM	#87
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Thank you, Spock! That looks like a pretty compact, efficient, very deadly war tool there, in that photo. Is that MP5 one of the ones that is made in Russia, or in Romania? Where do they make that gun there... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 04:21 PM	#89
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Yes, I do own one, but I have to get it back from that perfidious brother of mine.... ....Blast it...I dont really take pictures of my guns and post them on internet, but I am sure I can find similar on google. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-28-2006, 04:32 PM	#90
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Yes, that's what I meant, Shah, like a comparable pic from Google Images or something. Spock, thanks for all that info & history about the MP-5. I do so love when the knowledgable ones around here contribute stuff about things I'm interested in. Thanx! __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 04:45 PM	#91
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Even though this is the wrong thread for such a thing. Here goes...the neatest tank ever deviced in Sweden... Last edited by Spock : 03-01-2006 at 07:24 PM. Reason: off topic & too large

02-28-2006, 04:54 PM	#92
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	What I had and my brother is now..."keeping" (read stuffed in closet) for me is a WASR-10 high capacity model 2. It has a pistol grip and buttstock, no thumbhole stock (those annoy the crap out of me). Its an old work horse of a gun, and it has since had many...er...tinkering improvements done by myself and my brothers. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-28-2006, 05:02 PM	#93
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Yes Grey Wolf, this is totally the right thread for that pic! That's a sleek looking tank, there. Very cool. Shah, that's like the way my own baby brothers do with their guns. They love to fiddle with them and trick them out. My whole family back east are card-carrying NRA people. They all - even my mother! like to go out together on Sundays after church and shoot all their guns at a big natural range. I went with them once, last time I visited my family which was like five years ago, and especially my brothers were quite a sight, with their jerry-rigged weaponry, blasting the hell out of the cliffs, like crazed Sinn Feiners. Gotta watch out for them crazy Irish boys, man. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 06:03 PM	#94
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Well, all they are aiming at are cliffs. Aint that impressive. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-28-2006, 06:21 PM	#95
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I don't even want to know about their hunting habits. You know me, I am an animal freak and if they want to hunt, good on 'em but I don't want to hear about it, or witness it. I used to go hunting with my ex-boyfriend, the Greek guy, and while I was a sport and hunted right alongside him without flinching, still I put my foot down when he wanted to shoot a rabbit. "Why?" I asked him, "are you planning to make rabbit stew?" When he replied that no, one couldn't really eat the wild rabbits, what with weird wild diseases of the rabbit and whatnot, I said well then why the hell shoot the poor little bugger? But I flushed out a few chuckers, which he got, and two gorgeous pheasants, which I ate, and which incidentally were phenomenal tasting, so yes, I'll hunt. To eat. But I don't want to know what my little brothers do when they go out hunting and shooting their guns; I would rather not know if they're killing rabbits and the like, for no reason. I like to believe that they wouldn't kill a rabbit for no reason. I don't know, though. The boys are kind of wild like that. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 06:25 PM	#96
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Hunting I dont mind if I eat what I kill...but that wasnt what I was thinking of. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-28-2006, 06:27 PM	#97
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Then what were you thinking of? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-28-2006, 06:34 PM	#98
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	just looks at Lotesse then smiles Nothin' love... shoots 90second rule __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

03-06-2006, 05:14 PM	#100
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Sweden - Volvos and Tanks! If the tank is built anything like their Volvo, it must be an excellent machine. I love Volvos. They're LIKE little tanks themselves. Here, here's a little Stridsvagn - __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe