The perfect gift…
17 12 2007..for the local reporter that has everything:
For a new art project, the designer Martin Postler has investigated the history, the aesthetics and the lethal seductiveness of the Kalashnikov. He has freed the AK-47 from its terrible capacity to injure and kill by deconstructing it into a paper model construction set. When putting the detailed model together, the builder is automatically confronted with the Kalashnikov and its significance – both historical and personal. At the end of the construction process each person can decide if they would like to hang their own AK-47 on the wall, paint it, customize it with stickers or simply burn it. Then ultimately this AK-47 thankfully remains a piece of paper.
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If you’re gonna play with guns, use paper ones!
Unfortunately, they only ship to Europe.
via Boing Boing
Anybody who “plays” with guns needs a boot up their Johnny Knoxville…
That being said, I still think that the Ak is an inferior piece of hardware as it uses so many stamped parts similar to the “grease gun” of WWII.
After the bugs were worked out, Stoner’s M-16 became a superior piece of equipment. The MOA on most Kalishnakovs leaves much to be desired.
But I still favor the M-1 Garand over all of the hardware for most uses, but the M-70 with the correct scope may be my personal favorite. It is so hard to choose…
Looks like the perfect weapon for hunting those origami whooping cranes; http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/c/crane_OrigamiWhoop.jpg
The origami whooping cranes are protected, but the origami frogs have no bag limit…