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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US soldiers cordon off the area due to a bomb threat following the Friday noon prayers at the Umm Qura mosque, the headquarters of the Association of Islamic Scholars, in west Baghdad 08 October 2004. The former US governor of Iraq today gave a public endorsement of President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq as he distanced himself from Democratic critics amid a heated election campaign. AFP PHOTO/Nafea AL-NADAWI (Photo credit should read NAFEA AL-NADAWI/AFP/Getty Images)



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HASWAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 8: U.S. Marines of the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines make targeted raids against suspects in a recent car bombing of a police station October 8, 2004 in the insurgent stronghold of Haswah, 25 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. The patrol is part of a new Marine offensive called "Operation Phantom Fury", aimed at cutting off supply lines for Iraqi insurgents that shift cash, weapons, car bombs and militants from Fallujah and Ramadi to Baghdad. The operation is part of a wider U.S. assault on insurgent strongholds across Iraq before elections in January. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)


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HASWAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 8: U.S. Marines of the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines interrogate suspects in a recent car bombing of a police station October 8, 2004 in the insurgent stronghold of Haswah, 25 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. The patrol is part of a new Marine offensive called "Operation Phantom Fury", aimed at cutting off supply lines for Iraqi insurgents that shift cash, weapons, car bombs and militants from Fallujah and Ramadi to Baghdad. The operation is part of a wider U.S. assault on insurgent strongholds across Iraq before elections in January. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)


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ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 8: A U.S. Marine, with a "Bush-Cheney '04" sticker from the U.S. presidential campaign on the stock of his rifle, walks on patrol on October 8, 2004 in Iskandariyah, Iraq. The 138,000 US troops in Iraq must cast their absentee ballots by Oct. 11, for them to be guaranteed valid in the November 2 presidential elections. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)


A South Korean soldier observes a Korean journalist during a visit to the village of Baharka, near Arbil in northern Iraq (news - web sites), October 8, 2004. Korea's ministry of defense organized a four-day visit to its Zaytun division in Arbil, exclusively for the tightly-guarded Korean press. REUTERS/Sasa Kralj


A South Korean soldier stands guard while children play with a ball, given by public relations officers, during an organized press visit to the village of Baharka, near Arbil in northern Iraq (news - web sites), October 8, 2004. Korea's ministry of defense organized a four-day visit to its Zaytun division in Arbil, exclusively for the tightly guarded Korean press. REUTERS/Sasa Kralj


Iraqi National Guard soldiers patrol a steet in Samarra, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004. Iraq's 202nd National Guard Battalion, tested in recent combat in Samarra, is being touted as a vital building block of armed forces the U.S. says will increasingly replace its own troops on the front lines of the Iraq insurgency. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


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KUT, IRAQ: Ukrainian troops attend a ceremony 07 October 2004 during an exchange of troops at their base in the Iraqi city of Kut, 175 kms southeast of Baghdad. According to latest polls nearly half of Ukrainians favour a quick withdrawal of the country's troops from Iraq while about a third favour a gradual withdrawal. AFP PHOTO/Ali ALAK (Photo credit should read ALI ALAK/AFP/Getty Images)


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GAS ULIA, AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan policeman shows off with his machine gun to keep villagers away from an UN helicopter droping ballot boxes and voting material in the remote eastern Afghan village of Gas Ulia, 08 October 2004. Afghanistan is set to hold its first ever democratic presidential election on 09 October 2004, choosing amongst 18 candidates, with the UN completing months of logistic deployment to bring ballot boxes across the mountainous, arid Central Asian country. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)


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HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan National Army soldier uses his cellular phone as he stands guard over a line of women voters at a school polling centre in Herat, 09 October 2004, as polls opened for the first direct presidential election in the country's history. Some 100,000 security personnel, including 27,000 foreign troops from a US-led coalition and NATO, have been deployed to protect more than 10 million registered voters. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz MEHRIAFP PHOTO/Behrouz MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)


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HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan soldier of a UN protection unit stands guard in the main square of Herat, 600 kilometers west of Kabul, 08 October 2004. Afghanistan is set to held its first ever democratic presidential elections on 09 October. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Two German soldiers of the Internatioal Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol streets in Kabul, 08 October 2004. Afghanistan is set to hold its first ever democratic presidential election on 09 October 2004, choosing amongst 18 candidates. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Two German soldiers of the Internatioal Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol streets in Kabul, 08 October 2004. Afghanistan is set to hold its first ever democratic presidential election on 09 October 2004, choosing amongst 18 candidates. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)


Canadian troops from the Lord Strathcona's Horse squadron surveys Kabul and the surrounding area from an Observation Point on Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, on the eve of Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s first direct presidential elections. (AP PHOTO/ Christie Johnston)


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LAHORE, PAKISTAN: Members of Pakistan's Elite Force stand guard during Friday Prayers in Lahore,08 October 2004. The federal government has decided to advise the provincial governments to impose bans on processions, religious gatherings and congregations until further orders, except for gatherings for prayers inside mosques, ahead of anticipated protests over the killing in Multan, 06 October, of 41 people at a gathering of Sunni Muslims from an outlawed radical organisation, the sixth attack in a mounting wave of sectarian bloodletting this year. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
Where can I get an "Elite Commando" shirt like that???



An Israeli army soldier sleeps on the floor beside his weapon at an army staging area near Kibbutz Mefalsim along the northern border of the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) Thursday Oct 7, 2004. Despite the ongoing massive Israeli military campaign in Gaza, Palestinians have continued to fire rockets and mortars at Jewish settlements in Gaza and at Israeli towns.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)


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JABALIA, -: Palestinian woman donate money to militants of the radical Islamic Hamas movement the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia 07 October 2004. Two Palestinian children were killed by Israeli fire in the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia this morning as troops pressed a massive eight-day-old incursion into the area, Palestinian medics said. The deaths brought to 91 the number of Palestinians killed since Israeli tanks first poured into the Gaza Strip on September 28. Five Israelis have also been killed in the territory during the incursion. AFP PHOTO/Maohammed ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)


An Egyptian soldier guards tourists outside the Hilton Hotel in Taba, Egypt, Friday, Oct.8, 2004, following an explosion Thursday night, in which at least 27 Israelis were killed . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


A member of Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) walks with his rifle at Ashma village 30 km (19 miles) from Nyala, south Darfur, October 6, 2004. The United Nations (news - web sites) warned on Wednesday it would not be able to cope if conditions do not improve in Sudan's Darfur region, devastated by violence which has driven more than 1.5 million from their homes. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra


A Vietnamese police officer stands guard near the venue of the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opening ceremony, in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, October 8, 2004. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won


A Brazilian police helicopter swoops over the Vigario Geral slum of Rio de Janeiro, October 8, 2004. Human rights group Amnesty International warned Brazilian authorities on October 5 that there could be a 'blood bath' in a decades-old conflict between drug gangs in two Rio de Janeiro slums of Vigario Geral and Parada de Lucas. Rio's slums, or favelas are notoriously violent. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos



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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro's policemen aim their guns while they fly over the shantytown of Vigario General 08 October 2004, after a conflict between two drug trafficker gangs. The gangs Comando Vermelho (Red Commando) and Terceiro Comando (Third Commando) tried to control the shantytown but Rio de Janeiro's Military Police burst in the place to control the situation. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)


Brazilian police take up positions during an operation at Vigario Geral slum of Rio de Janeiro, October 8, 2004. Human rights group Amnesty International warned Brazilian authorities on October 5 that there could be a 'blood bath' in a decades-old conflict between drug gangs in two Rio de Janeiro slums of Vigario Geral and Parada de Lucas. Rio's slums, or favelas are notoriously violent. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro's military policemen run to take position in the Vigario Geral shantytown, 08 October 2004. Police forces were deployed to stop a drug traffickers gang war who figth for the control of the area. AFP PHOTO Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: A Rio de Janeiro's Military Policeman talks with inhabitants of Vigario Geral shantytown who evacuated their homes, 08 October 2004, after the deployment of the military Police to stop the battle between two drug trafficker gangs: the Comando Vermelho and Terceiro Comando . AFP PHOTO Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)

WOW, what a collection of AKs.

Bulgarian '47s.
AKS-74 w/plum mag.
'47 w/a slab-sided mag.
Pakistanis w/chi-com AKs, one w/the underfolder bayo.
Galil SAR.
A nice Maadi.
Vietnamese w/a '47 and bakelite mag.

Your comments are much appreciated PS.