Ummm … words fail me
I am not sure where it was found.
[ Many thanks to Sven (Defense and Freedom) for emailing me the the pic. ]
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Bill Lesterwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 9:52 am Link To Comment |
I like the pieces of electrician’s tape trailing off the butt plate. What a novel way to keep the assembly folded under the receiver!
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DJwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 9:35 am Link To Comment |
Hmm, must have picked up some stickers along with the conversion kit at Toys R US.
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j t boltwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 10:01 am Link To Comment |
the hell….
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Mountwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 10:35 am Link To Comment |
UNHOLY!
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MAJ Davewrote on April 20th, 2010 at 11:34 am Link To Comment |
I’d say it’s more likely something captured/seized/found by the Afghan police.
Both ANP and the members of the AP3 program (technically called APPF) are issued weapons (originally the APPF received VZ-58s, but they had issues with them – they required cleaning – and I think they’ve gone to issuing them AKs), so they wouldn’t have reason to use a shade-tree gunsmith creation of this nature.
Also interesting to note is the safety, which looks like it came from and Enfield. I’d venture a guess that the bolt is of an Enfield type as well. Given that Enfield rifles were made at the Ishapore arsenal for decades – and they wre the primary long arms of the first anti-Soviet mujahadeen – I know the local gumsmiths are quite familiar with the type and quite capable of fabricating parts for them.
Personally, I’m pretty impressed by the obvious ability to use what’s available to create a functioning rifle. Another example of why the hoplophobes are tilting after windmills.
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Matthew S.wrote on April 20th, 2010 at 8:40 am Link To Comment |
A budget precision rifle build..
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Rusty Raywrote on April 20th, 2010 at 8:10 am Link To Comment |
My God that is awful, one should never lean a weapon against a wall or truck. That’s just waiting for an accident to happen…….
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allenwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 6:00 am Link To Comment |
The black electrical tape is ghetto standard operating procedure. It is used to enhance the grip of a variety of cheap and/or broken guns….
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Willwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 6:56 am Link To Comment |
I’ll take three! Anyone know if I can attach a scope to that bad boy?
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Lancewrote on April 20th, 2010 at 7:00 am Link To Comment |
Hmm looks like a gun that would be leagle in England. But for Police??? Must be a India POC.
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B Woodmanwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 7:28 am Link To Comment |
Holy Mother of ***!
Does it even fire??!!
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WeaponsCache.com - Mattwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:16 pm Link To Comment |
How do you like the cleaning rod
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GSwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:51 pm Link To Comment |
Is it bad that I want one?
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John Callahanwrote on April 22nd, 2010 at 9:17 am Link To Comment |
thats pretty cool. wouldnt be too hard to do if you had the right tools, parts, etc. just weld a bolt action receiver onto an ak-47 body
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Crabulawrote on April 21st, 2010 at 4:12 am Link To Comment |
Whoever it was, looks like their r&d department has been reading this blog.
Kinda reminds me of this in an entirely backwards, crappy way. I mean obviously the mag will not feed, but it still makes me think of this…
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Mousewrote on April 22nd, 2010 at 8:18 pm Link To Comment |
Mother of god, what IS that?
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Woodywrote on May 04th, 2010 at 3:36 pm Link To Comment |
im sure the cost of retrofitting a AK with a bolt-action design would be higher than purchasing the widely available automatic variant.
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Mousewrote on May 05th, 2010 at 11:33 am Link To Comment |
Wait a minute… Wouldn’t the blowback from the open gas tube kind of blind you?
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Bobbywrote on April 20th, 2010 at 9:15 pm Link To Comment |
I kind of want it…
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Lancewrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:41 pm Link To Comment |
Agree with david its a AK, mauser, Enfield ect ect. its a gun made of alot of guns.
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Tylermarwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 2:35 pm Link To Comment |
Why just why
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gunner"wrote on April 20th, 2010 at 3:17 pm Link To Comment |
what, no kalashnikitty t-shirt with it?
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gunner"wrote on April 20th, 2010 at 3:20 pm Link To Comment |
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/greywolf2112/Kalashnikitty.jpg
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El Duderinowrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:22 pm Link To Comment |
When is Century importing this to the USA???
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Zuluwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 5:56 am Link To Comment |
wot
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SEANOwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:46 am Link To Comment |
um, words fail me to. All that pops to mind is “jacked”, as in that rifle looks jacked up. Put it this way, even if I was the last freedom fighter alive at the end of he Red Dawn movie I wouldn’t put a single round down range with that thing for fear of losing a hand. It might make an OK club though for CQB.
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WeaponsCache.com - Mattwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:51 am Link To Comment |
Side note: Looks like it’s a Chinese AK… just a guess based on the front sight.
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WeaponsCache.com - Mattwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:50 am Link To Comment |
That has to be fake. Do you know how badly it’d hurt to have those hot gasses come flying back in your eye through the gas port?
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Anonwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 1:08 am Link To Comment |
This is definitely from Afghanistan – I can tell by the “police” writing on the side of the standard afghan police pickup. They also love to jingle their weapons. It could also be from an AP3 militiaman.
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Fredwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 1:15 am Link To Comment |
Matt, you’re assuming that they’re actually trying to use the sights…
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Antonwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 1:32 am Link To Comment |
“That has to be fake. Do you know how badly it’d hurt to have those hot gasses come flying back in your eye through the gas port?”
Maybe the port was blocked?
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Scottwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:35 am Link To Comment |
The BX cable gas chamber is the best feature
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gvasswrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:25 am Link To Comment |
Maushnikow:-))
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Jessewrote on April 19th, 2010 at 11:46 pm Link To Comment |
It looks like a prop from a shitty movie.
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MacKwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:16 am Link To Comment |
When we were in Afg… The steves had shit like this all over… Some of the border towns and in Paki they make one off guns; and this stuff is par for the course…
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Ermacwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:17 am Link To Comment |
Was probably a nice type 3 AK originally.
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bobwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 12:19 am Link To Comment |
Looks like some of the rigs I found in Afghanistan
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Girwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 2:43 am Link To Comment |
i’ve seen these used in iraq, by making the weapon terrible beyond recognition it taps the locals natural fear of the unknown. essentially its an intimidation tactic, when people see a rifle like this they just give up, its only natural.
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Matt Groomwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 2:44 am Link To Comment |
Necessity is the mother of invention. Apparently, stupidity is the father.
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Vaarokwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:20 am Link To Comment |
Really common Afghan/Khyber rifle configuration, I’ve seen them in pictures many times before.
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Redchromewrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:33 am Link To Comment |
WTF is that metal coil doing in place of the cleaning rod anyway?
How did they attach that P14 (?) action to the barrel? Is is still 7.62×39; or did they actually fit a .303 barrel or chamber to it?
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Muwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:43 am Link To Comment |
Looks like a Mauser bolt, but what’s the receiver from?
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Bryan Swrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:46 am Link To Comment |
Yeah, it would only take a quick weld to fill the port, or drill and tap the gas block.
To me it looks like what you would have to do to an AK in Pennsylvania to hunt with (our game commission doesnt trust us with Semi’s)
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geoffwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 4:06 am Link To Comment |
I’m thinking it was a modification done after the original AK was rendered unusable. Just a method of salvaging a usable firearm from the parts left over. I’d assume that some insurgents need every gun they can get.
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Davidwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 3:54 am Link To Comment |
Reminds me of that Johnny Cash song, “One Piece at a Time.”
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Girwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 2:45 am Link To Comment |
you will see cars very similar to this if you drive through mexico
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Dwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 2:51 am Link To Comment |
looks like a mosin receiver, same diameter barrel as the AK at least
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WJSwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 3:01 am Link To Comment |
Yup, hooded front sight, like a Norinco-made AK
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Ninthwrote on April 20th, 2010 at 3:41 am Link To Comment |
Looks like a commy version of a tube gun. As for the decorations, prolly did not have airbrushes.
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jaekelopteruswrote on April 19th, 2010 at 11:38 pm Link To Comment |
So, bolt-action Kalashnikov, sure. That makes sense. But Lisa Frank stickers? If I spent the time converting an AK into a bolt-action thingamabob, I doubt I would treat it like an eighth grade girl’s trapper keeper.
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Wait a minute… Wouldn’t the blowback from the open gas tube kind of blind you?
im sure the cost of retrofitting a AK with a bolt-action design would be higher than purchasing the widely available automatic variant.
Mother of god, what IS that?
thats pretty cool. wouldnt be too hard to do if you had the right tools, parts, etc. just weld a bolt action receiver onto an ak-47 body
Whoever it was, looks like their r&d department has been reading this blog.
Kinda reminds me of this in an entirely backwards, crappy way. I mean obviously the mag will not feed, but it still makes me think of this…
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/26/anyone-ever-seen-a-bolt-action-rifle-with-ar-15-magazine/
I kind of want it…
Agree with david its a AK, mauser, Enfield ect ect. its a gun made of alot of guns.
When is Century importing this to the USA???
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/greywolf2112/Kalashnikitty.jpg
what, no kalashnikitty t-shirt with it?
Why just why
Is it bad that I want one?
How do you like the cleaning rod
I’d say it’s more likely something captured/seized/found by the Afghan police.
Both ANP and the members of the AP3 program (technically called APPF) are issued weapons (originally the APPF received VZ-58s, but they had issues with them – they required cleaning – and I think they’ve gone to issuing them AKs), so they wouldn’t have reason to use a shade-tree gunsmith creation of this nature.
Also interesting to note is the safety, which looks like it came from and Enfield. I’d venture a guess that the bolt is of an Enfield type as well. Given that Enfield rifles were made at the Ishapore arsenal for decades – and they wre the primary long arms of the first anti-Soviet mujahadeen – I know the local gumsmiths are quite familiar with the type and quite capable of fabricating parts for them.
Personally, I’m pretty impressed by the obvious ability to use what’s available to create a functioning rifle. Another example of why the hoplophobes are tilting after windmills.
UNHOLY!
the hell….
I like the pieces of electrician’s tape trailing off the butt plate. What a novel way to keep the assembly folded under the receiver!
Hmm, must have picked up some stickers along with the conversion kit at Toys R US.
A budget precision rifle build..
My God that is awful, one should never lean a weapon against a wall or truck. That’s just waiting for an accident to happen…….
Holy Mother of ***!
Does it even fire??!!
I’d be afraid that it would blow up on me, even with the middlin’ AK round.
Hmm looks like a gun that would be leagle in England. But for Police??? Must be a India POC.
I’ll take three! Anyone know if I can attach a scope to that bad boy?
The black electrical tape is ghetto standard operating procedure. It is used to enhance the grip of a variety of cheap and/or broken guns….
wot
um, words fail me to. All that pops to mind is “jacked”, as in that rifle looks jacked up. Put it this way, even if I was the last freedom fighter alive at the end of he Red Dawn movie I wouldn’t put a single round down range with that thing for fear of losing a hand. It might make an OK club though for CQB.
Yeah, it would only take a quick weld to fill the port, or drill and tap the gas block.
To me it looks like what you would have to do to an AK in Pennsylvania to hunt with (our game commission doesnt trust us with Semi’s)
Looks like a Mauser bolt, but what’s the receiver from?
WTF is that metal coil doing in place of the cleaning rod anyway?
How did they attach that P14 (?) action to the barrel? Is is still 7.62×39; or did they actually fit a .303 barrel or chamber to it?
Really common Afghan/Khyber rifle configuration, I’ve seen them in pictures many times before.
I’m thinking it was a modification done after the original AK was rendered unusable. Just a method of salvaging a usable firearm from the parts left over. I’d assume that some insurgents need every gun they can get.
Reminds me of that Johnny Cash song, “One Piece at a Time.”
Looks like a commy version of a tube gun. As for the decorations, prolly did not have airbrushes.
Impressive mag capacity for a bolt gun.
Yup, hooded front sight, like a Norinco-made AK
looks like a mosin receiver, same diameter barrel as the AK at least
you will see cars very similar to this if you drive through mexico
Necessity is the mother of invention. Apparently, stupidity is the father.
i’ve seen these used in iraq, by making the weapon terrible beyond recognition it taps the locals natural fear of the unknown. essentially its an intimidation tactic, when people see a rifle like this they just give up, its only natural.
“That has to be fake. Do you know how badly it’d hurt to have those hot gasses come flying back in your eye through the gas port?”
Maybe the port was blocked?
Matt, you’re assuming that they’re actually trying to use the sights…
This is definitely from Afghanistan – I can tell by the “police” writing on the side of the standard afghan police pickup. They also love to jingle their weapons. It could also be from an AP3 militiaman.
Side note: Looks like it’s a Chinese AK… just a guess based on the front sight.
That has to be fake. Do you know how badly it’d hurt to have those hot gasses come flying back in your eye through the gas port?
The BX cable gas chamber is the best feature
Maushnikow:-))
Looks like some of the rigs I found in Afghanistan
Was probably a nice type 3 AK originally.
When we were in Afg… The steves had shit like this all over… Some of the border towns and in Paki they make one off guns; and this stuff is par for the course…
It looks like a prop from a shitty movie.
So, bolt-action Kalashnikov, sure. That makes sense. But Lisa Frank stickers? If I spent the time converting an AK into a bolt-action thingamabob, I doubt I would treat it like an eighth grade girl’s trapper keeper.