G Mann wrote: > Interesting look into the dark underbelly of government contracting, thanks > for the link. > > Old out dated weapons supplied to un-trained people, to fight an undeclared > war, not on our soil.... what could go wrong? > > Wouldn't you like to know the "whole story" behind it all????
G: Naw. I was just curious where the local manufacturer of the guns was selling them, and just how well made they were. I'm not a gun guy except to the extent that they are useful and popular "machines" which can have unique designs which is true of the AK47s. Gerry > On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:20 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone heard anything good or bad about AK47s made in Florida? > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/27/news/companies/kalashnikov- > > florida-factory/index.html > > > > http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political- > > pulse/os-gun-factory-florida-20170319-story.html > > > > As noted in the above link, the AK-47 factory has links to "Purple Shovel" > > in Tampa which probably has foreign markets for its guns, and might > > indicate that the guns are of acceptable quality. > > > > http://www.purpleshovel.com/ > > > > https://steemit.com/weapons-smuggling/@v4vapid/purple- > > shovel-exposed-in-illegal-weapons-smuggling-operation > > > > It's claimed that AK47s are not very accurate, but I wonder since they are > > supposedly the most popular gun worldwide. > > > > Comment? > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > > > Dan Penoff wrote: > > > Is this a good deal? > > > https://floridaguntrader.com/index.php?a=2&b=709388 > > > I see them still in the crate covered with Cosmoline for sale by > > importers on GunBroker.com in the same price range: > > > https://www.gunbroker.com/item/740325257 > > > That would be cool, but it’s a Yugo. I’m not terribly worried about fit > > and finish, I just want one to shoot. > > > -D > > > > > > On Jan 26, 2018, at 8:58 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Russian, Yugo and Chinese, in that order. Have owned one of each; all > > are > > > > quite good but the European ones have superior fit and finish. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Starting to think about adding an SKS to my collection for fun. I’ve > > got > > > >> to do some research as to which are the best - the Russian, Chinese, > > Yugo > > > >> or others? > > > >> > > > >> If any of our esteemed list members are familiar with the SKS and > > might be > > > >> able to provide input I would appreciate it. > > > >> > > > >> -D > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
