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Posted: 5/2/2009 5:43:16 PM EDT

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Some jackass would still mark em for $600+ at a gunshow (assuming they are semi, much more otherwise)

Posted: 5/2/2009 5:49:24 PM EDT

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We recovered 2 that looked like those from what was possibly a drug drop, both of them had surface rust very similar to these, and they both worked.

The chrome lined bores were not damaged and the carriers cycled back and forth.

Posted: 5/2/2009 5:58:13 PM EDT

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If you melt an AK down to a puddle of molten metal. Then throw some water on it. It will still fire.

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:00:22 PM EDT

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I recall soemone on this board found an AK in a lake (or swamp or whatever) checked to make sure it was not stolen, and had it running in no time, though it did look like ass

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:01:21 PM EDT

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I would not trust my life to them thats for sure.

I also wouldn't let someone try and shoot me with one of them on a bet.

LOL, boy is that spot on!

Bill

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:10:10 PM EDT

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my guess is they were wet when put in the evidence bags and result is what you see.......... most likely looked normal when the pirates had them.

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:13:19 PM EDT

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I'm going to cut the seatbelt out of my car and use it as a sling

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:39:51 PM EDT

[#8]

Who knows how long those rifles had sat in an evidence bag before the picture was snapped.

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:44:03 PM EDT

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Wait Wait Wait!

I can see it now, Shot Gun News will have this picture on the cover with a whole section dedicated for WAIT FOR IT HERE IT COMES!

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BUT WAIT! No pirate gun from the high tech world of Somalia is complete without a seat belt! You can buy the whole kit Romanian SAR, special edition of Dura Cote finish and the frayed seatbelt from Somalia for the LOW LOW PRICE OF $1000 DOLLARS!

ACT NOW AND RECIEVE YOUR VERY OWN SOMALI WARLORD BANDANA as a special introductory offer.

Remember, act now and be the first on your street to drive your restored Technical truck with your Somali Pirate AK and bandana! LIMITED QUANTITIES!

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:50:23 PM EDT

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Biohazard bags? Did these pirates have the swine flu?

Posted: 5/2/2009 6:52:25 PM EDT

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I'm willing to bet they work just fine. We're talking about AK's for gods sake. AN AK works. Period. Maybe not 300 meter accuracy, but by god it will work when you pull the trigger.

Not if you saw it in half

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:03:48 PM EDT

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And to think that I was worried about some slight surface inside my Gastube on my Bulgy

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:04:31 PM EDT

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We recovered 2 that looked like those from what was possibly a drug drop, both of them had surface rust very similar to these, and they both worked.

The chrome lined bores were not damaged and the carriers cycled back and forth.

Were they full auto?

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:06:25 PM EDT

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Wow, I didn't know the Somali pirates buy parts kits from Florida Gun Works and assemble their own guns...

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:13:05 PM EDT

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I was surfing the net the other day when I came upon this picture of weapons taken off captured pirates. Do you think these guns still work? Some of them don't look bad, but the one in the middle looks like it is rusted to hell and back.

[img]http://i41.tinypic.com/n15r9h.jpg[img]

No doubt these fell into the pirates' hands through the river of guns flowing out of America.

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:19:58 PM EDT

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I would bet that most, if not all of them, work well enough.

Posted: 5/2/2009 7:26:40 PM EDT

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I'm willing to bet they work just fine. We're talking about AK's for gods sake. AN AK works. Period. Maybe not 300 meter accuracy, but by god it will work when you pull the trigger.

Not if you saw it in half

Those do not appear to be cut in half.

But if you want to dance on the head of a pin I can point you to some BATFE Tech Branch tests that have proven that demil AK's and Browning 1919's can indeed fire more than one shot with a singl pull of the trigger after being cut in half. (ever wonder why the latest browning kits do not include any part of the left side plate? Well now you know.)

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:02:34 PM EDT

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I really like the telephone handset cord sling on the one 2nd from the right.

They are AKs, I bet they all run just fine.

Look again, it's not a telephone headset cord, but a strap with two decorative rows...

You are correct sir.

At first glance it looked like two telephone handset cords in tandem. Now I see it.

Then again, they are using seatbelts as slings so telephone cords would not be too far fetched.

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:06:57 PM EDT

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What is the bayonet on that Chinese rifle made of, aluminum?

hard chromed steel, very tough finish

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:11:06 PM EDT

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I wouldn't want to stand in front of any of them...

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:12:13 PM EDT

[#21]

<These are in 'like new' condition> - CTD

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:13:21 PM EDT

[#22]

I'll bet they work.

On another note, did the CIA have an op to confiscate all the AK buttstocks in the 3rd world so that the natives wouldn't be able to hit jack shit outside of stone-throwing distance?

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:15:25 PM EDT

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I woulds love to see the bores on them

They probably look like the surface of the moon

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:43:01 PM EDT

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I'm going to cut the seatbelt out of my car and use it as a sling

I was thinking of going to a junk yard or some scrap yard and picking up a seat belt and using for as sling as a joke.

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I woulds love to see the bores on them

They probably look like the surface of the moon

I was wondering about that too. They can't be much worse than some of the initial Yugo kits that came into this country. They were used in combat and fired corrosive ammo with no chrome lining.

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:47:20 PM EDT

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Some jackass would still mark em for $600+ at a gunshow (assuming they are semi, much more otherwise)

... those aren't semi...

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:49:20 PM EDT

[#26]

AK47.

It will work. Period.

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:56:27 PM EDT

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I woulds love to see the bores on them

They probably look like the surface of the moon

The bores are chrome finished. They might have a bit of fouling, but are most likely free of pitting and heavy rust just like the chromed bayonet on the Type 56 pictured.

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