A politically-loaded experiment involving a man walking through central Moscow with a replica of an AK-74 assault rifle has hit the Russian blogs. Not a single police officer reportedly stopped or questioned him.
Pavel Tarasov, apparently armed with an openly displayed automatic weapon, strolled through central Moscow, while Vadim Tsibankov took photos of him standing right next to police officers. Vadim describes the experience in a report which is currently top of the Russian blogosphere.
The blogger’s site - HERE
Full Story and more photos – HERE
In Soviet Russia, replica AK muzzle sweeps EVERYONE!
From what I can gather, open carry isn’t legal in Russia, so the fact no one batted an eyelash is interesting. If you ask me, that’s the way it should be though. The guy was just chilling with his buddies by the look of it, so even if it was real a real firearm, he obviously wasn’t a threat. I’m so sick of the “only police should carry guns” mentality. Thankfully even the people in the US that believe that nonsense still have to put up with a growing number part of the population that can’t afford armed security 24/7 so they decide to protect themselves.
Thoughts?
I first blogged about the quad stack AK magazines (and other unique AK magazines) in THIS post.
Looks like a Quad Stack 60 round AK-74 magazine was up for sale on Gunbroker - http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=162814104
3 people bid it up to $900, but that was not enough to meet the reserve! It has not been re-listed since.
The company who originally makes (made?) this magazine is Izhmash. I know nothing about them, but in the Gunbroker auction, the seller says the following:
Mega rare collectible item, original Izhmash 60 round capacity magazine for AK-74.
I find it hard to believe something that was injection molded is “mega rare” and “collectible” unless it doesn’t work worth a shit and they decided to stop selling it.
Posted by: ENDO-Mike June 11, 2010
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The Big Picture has an awesome group of photos as usual. This particular set about the Crisis in Kyrgyzstan. If you’re as geographically inept as I am, Kyrgyzstan is a country in central Asia, west of China.
Widespread anti-government protests in Kyrgyzstan recently turned violent, with groups of opposition protesters attempting to storm some government buildings, and clashing with riot police. Tensions are high, as Kyrgyz authorities declared a national state of emergency, and are enforcing curfews in at least three cities. As riot police fired on opposition members and protesters fought with stones and captured weapons, estimates of casualties have varied widely, with reports ranging from 12 killed to over 100 killed.
The rifle in the picture above appears to be a Dragunov
Picture #5 – The guy in the middle appears to be shouldering an AK based 12GA such as a Saiga-12 or VEPR-12
Picture #6 – Krinkov (AKS-74U) with EOtech, AK-74 held vertically in background.
Picture #7 – A whole bunch of Krinkovs (AKS-74U)
Picture #10 – AK-74 with a quad rail and UTG rail covers
Picture #15 -RPG-26
Picture #33 – RPG-26
Better Picture of the RPG-26:
Full Photo Set – HERE
Looks like the protesters are doing plenty of damage, even by just throwing things and lighting fires.
Posted by: ENDO-Mike April 7, 2010
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