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A new whatziss

By The Armorer on April 15, 2009 | | Comments (18)
We had such fun with the last one, let's have another.

And of *course* it's not as easy as it looks.

Or, maybe it is.

But prolly not.

So, what we got here?

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By kirk on April 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Ok, I'll be the first - SKS with bayonet and bayonet lug removed?
 
By MikeD on April 15, 2009 10:33 AM
I'll say a Gewehr 43.  But I doubt that's right.
 
By Pogue on April 15, 2009 10:50 AM
Looks like a muzzle loading blackpowder variant of the SKS.  The wood on the stock looks too good to be the usual Chineese packing crate, so I'm guessing eastern Europian manufacture for the US market.
 
By JamesLee on April 15, 2009 10:56 AM
I thought it looked like an early Kalashnikov design.  Quick search with wiki, assuming it's correct, quickly found the truth.  But if it's THAT easy, I'm probably missing something obvious.
 
By Heartless Libertarian on April 15, 2009 11:41 AM
Since I'm on Empire Arms mailing list, too, I'll go ahead and say it: Pogue is mostly right.  It is a blackpowder SKS, and it is, in fact, Chinese.  Number 2 of 10.  Production was halted after the ban on importing Chinese firearms.
 
By eric on April 15, 2009 12:47 PM
its is a John Wayne commemerative carefully detailed, very rare and 9,7 inch long miniature .22lr NRA version of the SKS celebrating his 53th birthday. It was withdrawn from the market after The Duke told the NRA that,  and I quote "I will stick your goddamn commie miserable weenie excuse of a rifle so high up your arse that you can pull the bloody trigger with your tongue if you don't burn them all!"
 
By Josh on April 15, 2009 1:47 PM
I'm confused, why would anybody build a muzzle loading blackpowder SKS???

It seems...uh...um...I don't know how to put this any other way...stupid.
 
By fdcol63 on April 15, 2009 1:56 PM
" ... why would anybody build a muzzle loading blackpowder SKS???"

For speed-loading contests.  LOL
 
By Josh on April 15, 2009 2:03 PM
I'm so lost right now.
 
By BillT on April 15, 2009 2:12 PM
How is "now" any different from any other time?
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 15, 2009 2:39 PM
HL, in a sense, that was cheating, kinda.  And certainly waaaay too soon.  We coulda had them sniffing around this for days.

Were you the guy who bought it?  I thought about it, but decided that was more money than I wanted to spend for a curio.
 
By Josh on April 15, 2009 3:32 PM
Very funny, Bill.
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 15, 2009 3:48 PM
Well, answer the question, youngster.  We expect proper deference to The Eld 'round here.
 
By BillT on April 15, 2009 4:32 PM
There's a *reason* Lovecraft referred to us as the Great Old Ones, yanno.

And I'm almost positive I'll remember what it was.

Ummmmmm -- could you repeat the question again?
 
By Josh on April 15, 2009 6:54 PM
*Sigh*

I'm not usually quite this lost, oh great Bill, Lord of the Whirligigs...
 
By Rod Thorsen on April 15, 2009 8:42 PM
Egyptian Rasheed, still doesn't look quite right to my failing memory, but it's been way too long.
 
By Heartless Libertarian on April 15, 2009 9:15 PM
John-

No, though I was intrigued.  Suffering from the twin problems of getting the garrison commander to sign off on my C&R, and cash flow, a result of heavy recent investing in brass, copper, and lead.

And I prefer the 'relic' side myself.  Maybe that's why I find you and Bill interesting.
 
By Casey on April 16, 2009 2:54 AM
What? This thing really is a black-powder muzzle-loader? Even with what looks to be a magazine reciever down there?

Or is someone funnin' us?