Omega Man":25z7p2jg said:
The AK is amazing, we used to have one from China, Russia, and even one from Yugoslavia. Too bad there are so many of them. The Second Amendment is dear to my heart, but I often wonder what the world would be like today if men like Winchester, Colt, and Kalishnikof were never born :?:
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The AK is a bad SOB! Unfortunately, the one in this foto is a 6mm airsoft, battery operated, full auto. The others are Beeman 5.5 break barrel pellet, and Beeman .177 break barrel pellet. The only real firearms in the foto are the Remington model 1100, and a .38 cal. Miroku Cheif revolver grandpa carries holstered to his waist.
Nobody in Japan is allowed to have a gun, so there is not much market for the firearms industry over there. Other than a few law enforcement gigs, and export. So Miroku mostly manufactures guns for top names like Remington, Browning, Colt, S&W, etc. The Cheif looks and feels much like a Colt, but with a much smaller price tag. They also imported the more popular Police Special in the same era, which was similar but had a longer barrel. Good quality for less money. Best I can figure, these were made in the early sixties.
Grandma & grandpa recently experienced a home invasion. They came out of it with their lives, but lost some pretty nice guns. A British Military 308 with a scope and bayonette, a S&W 38 old navy model, a 410 four shot bolt action that he got when he was 12 years old to put squirrel meat on the table, and a few others. This is why he wears the pistol on his person while at home. He has to obey California law when he gets in the car and goes anywhere though. Even though the same law can't protect him. He's 80, I really have my doubts about his ability to draw and fire a weapon in close combat, but being armed gives him the "feel" of security. Probably one of the hardest things to deal with in his life was laying in the floor of his home and helplessly watching this happen. I'm sure he'd rather die trying.