Sad day for the AK

[dxpac]

Sad day for AK owners, enthusiasts and Commies around the World.


"Today news sad news has arrived that Mikhail Kalashnikov has died after a lengthy illness," said the statement from the press secretary of the Udmurtia administration Viktor Chulkov.

http://rt.com/news/kalashnikov-dies-inventor-ak-47-887/

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[Dunerunner]

R.I.P. Mikhail.... You are brilliant but still a Commie!

 

[nwo]

That is sad indeed.

He was a great man. May he Rest In Peace.

 

[simon99]

Going to go shoot my AK tonight out of respect....

BBC News - Assault rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

 

[BAMCIS]

I don't have an AK, but if I did I'd shoot it out of respect for him. So I guess my AR's will have to do.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

RIP. He may have been a commie, but he designed a fantastic rifle.
(With various inspirations of course)

The AK is by far my favorite platform.

 

[Sun195]

Another story on this from Politico:

Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94 - POLITICO.com

Kalashnikov, born into a peasant family in Siberia, began his working life as a railroad clerk. After he joined the Red Army in 1938, he began to show mechanical flair by inventing several modifications for Soviet tanks.

The moment that firmly set his course was in the 1941 battle of Bryansk against Nazi forces, when a shell hit his tank. Recovering from wounds in the hospital, Kalashnikov brooded about the superior automatic rifles he'd seen the Nazis deploy; his rough ideas and revisions bore fruit five years later.

"Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer," said Kalashnikov. "I always wanted to construct agricultural machinery."

 

[cookie]

I think I'll go buy another one out of respect...

I couldn't hurt!... The AK types will live on.

 

[Dave Workman]

Kalashnikov dies, let the demonization begin

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[Burt Gummer]

R.I.P. Mikhail.... You are brilliant but still a Commie!

We pretty much are 80% there already, so don't point fingers! :gun02:

 

[rick benjamin]

I guess i'm part of the 20%. Who else laps water like a dog?

 

[TwinStick]

R.I.P.

He's probably hanging out comparing notes with Browning, Garand and Stoner.

I hope Browning, Garand, Stoner and many others are with whomever they please. I doubt that the list would include Kalashnikov...for very long anyway.


Edit: don't get me wrong, may Kalashnikov rest in peace.

 

[biggie24420]

I'm gonna bump fire a 40 rnd. mag out of my M10 and pour out a mini bottle of vodka next time I go out shooting.

 

[SonicBlue03]

Man was a patriot. And if you haven't seen the pic of he and Stoner years back, here's your treat:

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Instead of adding an AK-pattern rifle in tribute, I added an AK-pattern shotgun. VEPR12 gets here in a few days. R.I.P. legend.