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Snowdog · February 24, 2002, 04:02 PM

I sure hope it stands for "Automatic Rifle" as that's what I've always assumed.

I believe "AK" stands for "Avtomat Kalishnakova" if memory serves me right.

February 24, 2002, 04:02 PM	#2
Snowdog Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2001 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 1,074	I sure hope it stands for "Automatic Rifle" as that's what I've always assumed. I believe "AK" stands for "Avtomat Kalishnakova" if memory serves me right. __________________ "What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity" -Gladiator- ************************* Brevity Is The Soul of Wit. -Shakespeare-