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Nor in America. At least fully automatic without the shiny Class IV FFL.

Just semiautomatics. *cries*

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Plus, even semiauto versions just don't look right with just a 5-round clip :D

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Well, the one I saw didn't have a five round clip...

My dad is applying for a Class IV now, so soon we can have the regular 71 round, fully automatic PPSh41! :D

Did you guys hear about that Vietnmese hunter in Wisconsin? Shot 8 people, killed 5. Apparently, the victims pointed out that the man was using their treestand. He opened fire with his SKS. According to CBS and CNN, a very powerful assault rifle. *rolls eyes*

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i still claim that the ak-47 was developed in 46 (and before that) ;) the AK-46's looks like prototypes for the final version, named AK-47. Just like the general german fully automatic rifle (not MG) was in development since the mid/late thirties, resulting in the MKb's and finally the MP43 and FG42 ("German Assault Rifle 1935-1945", Peter R. Senich). When was the MP44 developed? 44? nah, the 44 is simply a renamed/lightly revised MP43, thus developed when the 43 was.

http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/images/321.jpg 46
http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/images/038.jpg 47

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Of course not silly, you're American. We can't have semi-auto's with any more than a five-round clip up here.:D (.22 may be an exception, I can't remember exactly)

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Ouch, that really sucks...

Still, the Russians could benefit from other, better machine guns. Be the DShK or Maxim or whatever...

It just seems to me as though the entire eastern front is overlooked for the more glamourous west.

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Nah, not really a big deal, if you need more than 5 shots to take down dinner, you're either not using a big enough rifle, or you should just go buy your food at the store... :D

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lol seriously

You can't get those, historical liscence or not, without a Class 3 Firearms liscence. That = $$$$$$$$$$$$

71 round drums may be 100% un-ownable even with a Class 3, you might have to settle for 35 rnd Box mags.

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Here's a fun fact Arisaka. Russians are not Germans. The MP-40 WAS developed in 1940, and despite common belief, Russians are capable of independant thought. Did you know they are not monkeys? Would you go so far as to believe that their numbering system isn't the same as the Germans?