Got to visit the kalashnikov Museum in (Izhevsk) Russia.....

[jimmym40a2]

After a 15 hour train ride from Moscow I was in the Udmurt region and in the town of Izhevsk. I was told the Kalashnikov museum was there and got to visit after doing some work. It was pretty good for Russian standards.Of course they charge foreigners more to enter and even more if you want to take photos. But it was not that expensive.

After going up some marble stairs you go into the gun area.

Here are his parents

The first gun he saw (a toy) that got him interested in guns

with out further personal info on his life which was pretty cool I will show some cool stuff then some guns. This is the actual work bench and lathe he used when making the first AK.

the only can in the place.

early proto type

His patient

Instead of me making comment I will just post a bunch of photos for you to enjoy.

Me and "The Man"

I took a lot of photos but this is a good representative. Hope you enjoyed!

 

[Dmitri]

Wow... nice pictures... thanx for sharing... !!!

What is that huge Scope on one of the AK... ?

 

[Dr.Lector]

Thank you

 

[CanAm]

night vision

 

[cjs]

Cool stuff. Looks like an interesting trip.

 

[rfo1]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos. Those are pretty interesting trigger locks. It looks like they are non-opening.
rfo1

 

[Paulinski]

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ukie_10]

Coool beans!!!!!!

 

[Goozyman]

thanks!

 

[hotlead]

Thank You for sharing!

 

[Kevin M.]

Holy big scope batman!!!

Thanks for sharing. That was a neat collection of photos. Care to share any of the others?

 

[MapleSugar]

Cool!

It would be nice to shake the hand of my favourite living gunmaker.

I think you mean his "patent" though. Not his "patient."

 

[jimmym40a2]

Maple- thanks for helping my spelling it sucks..........
Kevin I will try to dig some out later

 

[survivalofthefittest]

very cool the one with the green furniture is interesting.... thanks alot for posting

 

[jimmym40a2]

They said the one with the green furniture was for the guys in the forest.(most of Russia is a forrest so I was suprised you dont see more of them.)

 

[pitdogboy]

Very cool experience!

 

[cjs]

So many guns so little time on this blue orb. . How did you find the food on the Russian train? My wife and her mother did the trans Siberian express from Russia > Mongolia > china last year and she came back pale and thin. Heh. Last time I was in Russia I was flying in a Mig 31 foxhound. About 10 years ago. Went to 71,000 feet. Saw the curve of the earth.

 

[Jay]

Awesome! So cool!!!

Cheers
Jay

 

[Satain]

You Lucky Bastard!

Were was my invite???

Cool pic's & thanx for sharing with us.

 

[390dakota]

No sks on display?