nice "rifle"

dZ · January 15, 2002, 06:57 PM

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20...mdf105081.html

A customer tests out a Russian-made rifle at a gun shop in the Afghan capital Kabul December 26, 2001. The new Afghan government has banned people from carrying guns on the streets of Kabul in the first step towards disarming a nation awash with firearms after 23 years of war. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

dZ · January 15, 2002, 06:58 PM

near frame:

A customer tests out a russian-made hunting rifle at a gun shop in the Afghan capital Kabul December 26, 2001. The new Afghan government has banned people from carrying guns on the streets of Kabul in the first step towards disarming a nation awash with firearms after 23 years of war. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

C.R.Sam · January 15, 2002, 07:48 PM

Gotta love those .73 caliber smoothbores.

If not for reporters, we'd have to read more fiction. Oops, same thing.

Sam

dZ · January 16, 2002, 12:20 AM

Abdul in the top picture is interested in the Dave McC 12 gauge pistol grip challenge

He will be intouch a soon as the surgeons remove an imbedded hammer from his forehead

Nightcrawler · January 16, 2002, 01:07 AM

You know, it'd be danged interesting to poke around that shop and see what they've got....

Dave McC · January 16, 2002, 11:56 AM

Back when the Brits had an Empire, the Afghans would get hold of a British weapon, and duplicate it by taking it apart and hand filing/forging parts.The results oft had parts interchangeability with the originals. I've seen a copy of a large Webley revolver made this way. The owner made his own ammo, a mild version of the 455 Webley. It shot OK. My guess is that "Russian Rifle" was made a few feet from the photo op.BTW, wanna bet that long arm is a copy of the Enfield M/L rifled musket?

As for the caption on these photos,most so called journalists and reporters couldn't find their mamas in a room full of kangaroos, gun wise.

Nightcrawler · January 16, 2002, 04:34 PM

That they only have their fingers on the triggers when they're looking through the sights, probably testing the trigger.

That's better gun handling than you see in the shops around here...

Tackleberry · January 17, 2002, 12:33 AM

HAHA,HAHA,HAHA,HAHA, * swallow*breath* HAHA,HAHA,HAHA,HAHA, ...... cough, cough, hack....:barf:

January 15, 2002, 06:57 PM	#1
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	nice "rifle" http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20...mdf105081.html A customer tests out a Russian-made rifle at a gun shop in the Afghan capital Kabul December 26, 2001. The new Afghan government has banned people from carrying guns on the streets of Kabul in the first step towards disarming a nation awash with firearms after 23 years of war. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

January 15, 2002, 06:58 PM	#2
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	near frame: A customer tests out a russian-made hunting rifle at a gun shop in the Afghan capital Kabul December 26, 2001. The new Afghan government has banned people from carrying guns on the streets of Kabul in the first step towards disarming a nation awash with firearms after 23 years of war. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

January 16, 2002, 12:20 AM	#4
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	Abdul in the top picture is interested in the Dave McC 12 gauge pistol grip challenge He will be intouch a soon as the surgeons remove an imbedded hammer from his forehead __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

January 16, 2002, 01:07 AM	#5
Nightcrawler Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2000 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,945	You know, it'd be danged interesting to poke around that shop and see what they've got.... __________________ Nightcrawler- TFL Alumnus

January 16, 2002, 04:34 PM	#7
Nightcrawler Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2000 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,945	Notice... That they only have their fingers on the triggers when they're looking through the sights, probably testing the trigger. That's better gun handling than you see in the shops around here... __________________ Nightcrawler- TFL Alumnus

January 15, 2002, 07:48 PM	#3
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Gotta love those .73 caliber smoothbores. If not for reporters, we'd have to read more fiction. Oops, same thing. Sam

January 16, 2002, 11:56 AM	#6
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Back when the Brits had an Empire, the Afghans would get hold of a British weapon, and duplicate it by taking it apart and hand filing/forging parts.The results oft had parts interchangeability with the originals. I've seen a copy of a large Webley revolver made this way. The owner made his own ammo, a mild version of the 455 Webley. It shot OK. My guess is that "Russian Rifle" was made a few feet from the photo op.BTW, wanna bet that long arm is a copy of the Enfield M/L rifled musket? As for the caption on these photos,most so called journalists and reporters couldn't find their mamas in a room full of kangaroos, gun wise.

January 17, 2002, 12:33 AM	#8
Tackleberry Member Join Date: January 6, 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 72	HAHA,HAHA,HAHA,HAHA, * swallowbreath HAHA,HAHA,HAHA,HAHA, ...... cough, cough, hack....:barf: __________________ "HEROES IN LIFE, NOT DEATH" Ontario Police Officer Memorial "Life is tough...it's alot tougher if you don't know how to shoot." "Be polite and professional, ... and have a plan to kill everyone you meet."