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Back in 1988, I was driving in to Berlin from Helmstedt in my '86 Nissan 300ZX. Somewhere along the way I heard this godawful two stroke engine noise cutting through my ZZ Top music. I looked out my driver side window and there was this Trabant with a whole family of East Germans in it. The dad was driving and started making signs with his hands that he wanted to race me. The kids in his car were absolutely having the time of their lives. So I signaled OK, gave him the go sign, and then basically let him pull oh so slowly ahead of me until he exited the Autobahn at the next interchange. The joy on the kids' faces was plenty payback for faking the race. I was still there one year later when the Berlin Wall came down. I wonder what they're driving now.And there are people in parts of the world that still drive Trabants which proves it's a pretty great car.
Gotta go with the mosin nagant! Why are people paying 4 and 5 hundred dollars for trash? At least a hi point is inexpensive!
Gotta go with the mosin nagant! Why are people paying 4 and 5 hundred dollars for trash? At least a hi point is inexpensive!
Or you know, M44, M38s, hex receivers, snipers, etc etc.If anyone is paying that much for a Mosin Nagant, it's going to be a rare variant like one of the nice Finnish models or a Remington, not a common-as-dirt, rusted out WWII Russian. As to the latter going for the $200 to $300 that people are asking for them, that's too rich for my blood for what they are too.
The word "trash" seems a bit harsh. I've never understood the hate for certain types of guns, but often it seems like it has more to do with the types of people that are interested in them than the gun itself.
...And there are people in parts of the world that still drive Trabants which proves it's a pretty great car."
Check out the Jalopnik article on the Trabant. It's actually an engineering and production marvel. The body is made from the industrial effluvia of processing cotton, and it was designed to be maintained by the owner with a screwdriver. When something better became available people abandoned them en masse but they weren't worn out. You might say Stoner is to AK as VW is to Trabant in terms of design philosophy. A WASR 10 isn't an elegant rifle, either.
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