Anyone who has been following for a while knows that I am big AK-47 fan. It’s a beautifully ugly S.O.B. and it functions to the high heavens, and there’s something about its raw, unrefined, personality that really makes it a joy to shoot. I learned yesterday that, Mikhail Kalashnikov died at the age of 94. Ironically, Mikhail Kalashnikov has the words trigger finger discipline on the planet.
The automatic rifle he designed became one of the world’s most familiar and widely used weapons.
Its comparative simplicity made it cheap to manufacture, as well as reliable and easy to maintain.
Although honoured by the state, Kalashnikov made little money from his gun. He once said he would have been better off designing a lawn mower.
Kalashnikov was admitted to hospital with internal bleeding in November.
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