7/6/2007 Happy 60th Birthday to the AK-47 Today!!

[ancient_philosophy]

7/6/2007 Happy 60th Birthday to the AK-47!!

invented by M. Kalashnikov (met him once years ago at a show), the AK is 60 years old today.

why do I (we?) love AK-47s? (yes i still love my AR15s)

A: theyre extremely simple
B: extremely reliable
C: cheap
D: effective
E: prolific
F: the most loved assault weapon on earth
G: left-wing anti-gun loons hate them.

H: ditto to G: again.

I own 22 AK-47s......................did i say i LUV em?

they even had a small bit about this on CNN today

 

[Technosavant]

Dang, if I'd have known, I'd have baked a cake for mine.

 

[Crunker1337]

60 years of an irrefutable reputation as the most widely used assault rifle today... for good reason.

 

[GTSteve03]

why do I (we?) love AK-47s?

Because they aren't AR-15s!

 

[ancient_philosophy]

i baked a cake for my AK-47 with 60 candles on it.


he (it) blew them out with a box of WOLF ammo


i still dont know what he wished for.

 

[PeteRR]

60 years of an irrefutable reputation as the most widely used assault rifle today... for good reason.

Having the Soviets practically giving them away during the Cold War sure helped.

 

[W.E.G.]

Ja!

 

[GTSteve03]

I would love to sit at a bar and toss some vodka back with Major-General Kalashnikov.

If only I could speak Russian!

 

[ConfuseUs]

G: left-wing anti-gun loons hate them.

H: ditto to G: again.

Umm, how about
H: Left and right wing gun nuts love 'em!

 

[svtruth]

Heard it yesterday

on NPR, of all places.

 

[GlenJ]

So as of ten years ago we should have been able to buy them as C&Rs.