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Master Blaster · August 4, 2009, 07:56 AM

Ah my friends and relatives the Russians and the indestructible AK-47.

I saw a film a while back making its way around the Internet. It showed how indestructible the AK-47 was. First the gun was dug out of the mud, see they are rust proof!!, then its dropped out of a building and run over by a truck. Then the army guy picks it up and fires it full auto.

Now I own a couple mil spec AKs (not full auto though), and I can flex the receiver with my fingers, and guess what its sheet metal!! If you really burried on in the mud for a week you would dig up a pile of rust, and if you ran it over with a truck or even a small car, the receiver would be badly bent or crushed and there is no way the gun would fire...

But who am I to cast aspersions on other's fantasies of indestructibility.

August 4, 2009, 07:56 AM	#20
Master Blaster Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 1999 Location: One of the original 13 Colonies Posts: 2,281	Ah my friends and relatives the Russians and the indestructible AK-47. I saw a film a while back making its way around the Internet. It showed how indestructible the AK-47 was. First the gun was dug out of the mud, see they are rust proof!!, then its dropped out of a building and run over by a truck. Then the army guy picks it up and fires it full auto. Now I own a couple mil spec AKs (not full auto though), and I can flex the receiver with my fingers, and guess what its sheet metal!! If you really burried on in the mud for a week you would dig up a pile of rust, and if you ran it over with a truck or even a small car, the receiver would be badly bent or crushed and there is no way the gun would fire... But who am I to cast aspersions on other's fantasies of indestructibility.