Kalashnikov rifles found

[Colt]

Man who had bought crates in Russia for firewood found they contained 79 Kalashnikov rifles.

BBC News - Russian finds Kalashnikovs in firewood crates

 

[Bluedragon]

If you ask me I would call that a jackpot!

 

[IndianaGTI]

Sad thing is that the empty crates are probably worth more than the rifles there!

 

[EvilBlackGun]

I'm up for $200 / crate !

I'll handle the shipping, also. PM your name and address.

Man who had bought crates in Russia for firewood found they contained 79 Kalashnikov rifles.

BBC News - Russian finds Kalashnikovs in firewood crates

 

[Mike H]

I would never be that lucky.
I wonder if they were FA?

 

[Bluedragon]

Given this was in Russian I would assume yes...?

 

[EvilBlackGun]

Yeah! I'm SO sure !!

That's why the Russian FBI got immediately involved!

Sad thing is that the empty crates are probably worth more than the rifles there!

 

[TheDude]

My guess is a organized crime debacle. I would think the weight would be considerably noticable to a crate of firewood.

 

[J_Wales]

Man who had bought crates in Russia for firewood found they contained 79 Kalashnikov rifles.

BBC News - Russian finds Kalashnikovs in firewood crates

Why the heck would he tell anybody?

 

[Bluedragon]

Perhaps he felt those evil rifles had no place in modern Russian society? Or maybe he just prefers the M16?

 

[minuteman32]

I'm afraid if I had bought those crates, you would not be reading about the find in the paper!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I wonder if they were FA?

That would be a safe bet.

This is not uncommon. Tens of millions of AKs disappeared after the break up of the USSR. This does not include the millions missing from DDR, Poland, Hungary, Romania, inter alia.

Armenian gun running networks stretch throughout the Russian Federation.

 

[heisenberg]

...Right. He just so happened to find 79 Kalashnikovs. Not 80...

If the guy had any brains he would've taken a multiple of 5.

 

[24Carat]

Why would it matter if any AK47 was SA or FA? My understanding is it takes a double shear, a tie wrap and 20 seconds to mod one.

 

[88E30M50]

I wonder if this was a mob gun buy gone bad. I imagine someone was paid to pack them that way and they would have been pulled at the dump but the deal got screwed up when the truck driver tried to make a couple of bucks.

 

[Expat]

They would have looked so nice in my basement. I would have happily given them a good home where they would have been taken care of. I would have made a special rack for them. Maybe shared them with a few friends and family that would have appreciated them as well.

 

[Classic]

Why the heck would he tell anybody?

He is conditioned by the state to rat out friends, neighbors and even himself.