The Last Gunsmiths of the Khyber Pass
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The Last Gunsmiths of the Khyber Pass
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#2That's some incredible skill, especially with such limited tech.
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#3See also his post about the AK M4geries (a M4 lookalike with an AK action).
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#4Oh hey! I'm from that area. If you guys have any queries. :). Also the quality isn't top notch, but for the price you are paying it's ok. You are much better off buying a Russian AK-47 for $1100 like i did than buying it from Khyber for $120.
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#5Oh hey! I'm from that area. If you guys have any queries. :). Also the quality isn't top notch, but for the price you are paying it's ok. You are much better off buying a Russian AK-47 for $1100 like i did than buying it from Khyber for $120.
Quite exotic for me. it’s just rare to find somebody from that area without visiting the place.
Just out of curiosity why did you buy a weapon. Is it a customary / way of life kind of thing or Something else.
Is there a way to lear about these remote region, their people and their Culture , tier day to day life without visiting the place. Do you recommmend any books?
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#6Oh hey! I'm from that area. If you guys have any queries. :). Also the quality isn't top notch, but for the price you are paying it's ok. You are much better off buying a Russian AK-47 for $1100 like i did than buying it from Khyber for $120.
Quite exotic for me. it’s just rare to find somebody from that area without visiting the place. Just out of curiosity why did you buy a weapon. Is it a customary / way of life kind of thing or Something else. Is there a way to lear about these remote region, their people and their Culture , tier day to day life without visiting the place. Do you recommmend any books?
People here LOVE guns. Everyone owns multiple guns in their house. I think it's our pukhtoon culture and a sense of pride and security that comes with owning a gun.
When i was a kid my father used to clean his AK every other week and i would sit by him silently and enjoying as he broke it down into multiple pieces and then make it into one piece after cleaning it.
For me i wanted to have my own original Russian AK because having an original AK instead of one made locally is like having an iPhone 11 pro here. :)
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#7Now, even villages in Khyber Pass can produce modern-ish full-auto weapons. Every machine shop in the West (including a large portion of hobbyist garage ones) is capable of making production-quality firearms.
Trying to prohibit tech from 100 years ago is an exercise in futility. Just don't tell that to Democrat politicians, they love to live in denial of reality.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quite exotic for me. it’s just rare to find somebody from that area without visiting the place. Just out of curiosity why did you buy a weapon. Is it a customary / way of life kind of thing or Something else. Is there a way to lear about these remote region, their people and their Culture , tier day to day life without visiting the place. Do you recommmend any books?
People here LOVE guns. Everyone owns multiple guns in their house. I think it's our pukhtoon culture and a sense of pride and security that comes with owning a gun. When i was a kid my father used to clean his AK every other week and i would sit by him silently and enjoying as he broke it down into multiple pieces and then make it into one piece after cleaning it. For me i wanted to have my own original Russian AK be…
I can imagine that.
So follow up q: if people love their guns how do they use it typically? Shooting random targets In open spaces and that kind or is it more like a samurai sword. You own one and then it’s pretty much caring for it.
Also for a culture that loves guns what kind of gun violence does it see typically if any. I understand these days it’s different due to the region being torn by geopolitics and war but am trying to understand the culture outside of it.
Also do you still live in the region or have moved. If latter how frequently do you visit And how do you typically get there?
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#9The kid running in front of the guy shooting at 10:10 in the video gave me a little scare.
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#10Is it legal to make your own gun in most places? It's always been a fantasy of mine since I was a little kid, and I finally have the capital and attention span to do it.
Do people ever make non replicas? It would be unbelievably cool to design and Smith an a original weapon.