Mikhail Kalashnikiv Dead at 94

[Bttbbob]

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Regardless if you liked his politics, he was a great inventor and brilliant man.

 

[Peggy Reist]

I was just reading about him. I found this paragraph interesting and a little sad.

"Kalashnikov, although honoured in Russia, made very little money from his gun and once complained he would have been financially better off designing a lawnmower."

It was from the BBC News.

BBC News - Obituary: Mikhail Kalashnikov

 

[wolf_fire]

Also from reading I have done, Mikhail had wished his name had never been associated with a gun that has been used by so many for such evil.

He was a brilliant man, an ingenious inventor, but unfortunately lived a sad life.

 

[memphis_raines]

The AK is my favorite gun, but it would be cool to have a lawn mower that would mow grass a foot tall and never have to be replaced

 

[wolf_fire]

The AK is my favorite gun, but it would be cool to have a lawn mower that would mow grass a foot tall and never have to be replaced

You wouldn't have to change the oil and it would run on whatever fuel you gave it. Parts would be a dime a dozen since everyone has one.

 

[jcreek]

Also from reading I have done, Mikhail had wished his name had never been associated with a gun that has been used by so many for such evil.

He was a brilliant man, an ingenious inventor, but unfortunately lived a sad life.

I've never heard him say that. When I've read about his answering the question of "How he could design a gun capable of such evil", the response I've always seen was "I designed a weapon capable of effectively defending the fatherland and it did that." Never heard him shun off his name being associated with it.

 

[gunnerbob]

The AK is my favorite gun, but it would be cool to have a lawn mower that would mow grass a foot tall and never have to be replaced

You wouldn't have to change the oil and it would run on whatever fuel you gave it. Parts would be a dime a dozen since everyone has one.

It would chew stumps into dust, never require oil and would run on pure bad-@ssness alone.

 

[wolf_fire]

I've never heard him say that. When I've read about his answering the question of "How he could design a gun capable of such evil", the response I've always seen was "I designed a weapon capable of effectively defending the fatherland and it did that." Never heard him shun off his name being associated with it.

This is a quote from a link I will post as well:

Today, the gun remains one of Russia's most recognizable brands, and it is made in Russia and by licensees abroad. Roughly 100 million Kalashnikovs have been produced since the gun's initial release, and its reliability has made it a favorite weapon of many types of armed groups, from military personnel to terrorists. Kalashnikov later expressed some regret over who has used his prized invention. "It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon," he said, according to a Reuters report. [\QUOTE]
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[SR40c]

Love AKs. Have a couple and they are my favorite toys. Best thing is doing Saiga conversions, big fun.