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

[made Man]

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are you referring to the pancake maker AK? If so, that one is from 1964.

 

[wrecked]

photo bucket sucks

 

[esquif]

+1 it sucks big time

 

[haretrigger]

I see no pics... How do I view them through photo bucket?

 

[Curtton]

try this , its on page two. it works for me .


http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z101/jimmym40a2/

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Sweet!

 

[rob350]

X2, this well deserves getting bumped back up!

 

[powah]

also if anyone is wondering what the hell that is

, it says "AK with 'balancing action'" or something like that.

Text under displayed gun says: "Experimentation example of the gun with balanced action". Notice the date - 1964

The concept of a balanced system functions along the lines of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This system uses a recoil-reducing countermass mechanism.
Bottom line, it meant to stabilize AK during burst resulting in improved accuracy. This concept is later used in the most recent AK 107.

As for Schmeisser's involvement. It is a pretty common knowledge further proofed by Schmeisser himself in his articles. He had no involvement into AK design. His only involvement (and the reason why he was brought to USSR) was to setup and optimize metal stamping process used by him on STG-44.
USSR paid him and his group of engineers to create and optimize manufacturing process, nothing else.
This is evident by the fact that early AK prototypes used milled receiver and etc. The design was changed to include stamping process to further increase production.

 

[notbsd]

I read that the state owned all rights to the AK, the only money he ever made on it is selling his name to this vodka (of which I am trying to get one)

I saw crates and creates of these bottles at the Duty free shops of the Sheremetievo Airport in April of 2009. Asking price I recall was 6500 rubles/bottle (~200 USD) at the time, which is why I passed. I do have photos of it somewhere, though.

 

[Jwirecom109]

that would be the sweetest museum ever

 

[fat tony]

What, no pics of AK #1?

 

[pizdets17]

pizdets.

 

[osageorange]

The green bakelite furniture is really unique. I wonder why we don't see more of it in actual use, instead of the orange.

 

[p210sig]

gonezo

 

[navoraosv]

Thanks for sharing! Definately worth the price of admission!!

Someone asked: "Where are the SKS's?" Probably at the Simonov Museum, not the KALASHNIKOV Museum....

 

[Teapot]

I want to visit that museum too. The rifle certainly deserves such tribute to it as it can be said to have changed the course of history over the decades.