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Thread: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

  1. 3rd September 2023, 07:51 PM #1
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    Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    United States Marine Corps photo of the first meeting of these two designers in 1990 at Quantico .
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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    What a great photo. Thanks to the OP. Shows we can all get along, if only for a moment.
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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    I wonder if those boys exchanged hand-picked, custom-built rifles with each other. That would be a nice thing to do.
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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    I believe they made several videos together that are on YouTube but I have not watched them yet.
    It was said they appeared together many times after this at events ,shot shows,etc.
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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    Smithsonian remotely related to firearms-related activity? That wouldn't fly today.


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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    Quote Originally Posted by wrwindsor View Post
    Smithsonian remotely related to firearms-related activity? That wouldn't fly today.
    Since the US has staged a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, it would never happen today.
    “After all is said and done, successful rifle shooting on the range is nothing more than first finding a rifle and lot of ammunition which will do precisely the same thing shot after shot, and then developing the same skill in the rifleman.” ~ Capt. E. C. Crossman (The Book of the Springfield)
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    Re: Stoner meets Kalishnikov 1990 courtesy of USMC

    Another little better picture.
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