Posted on 09/10/2006 11:09:01 PM PDT by TexasDontPlay
When Arthur Winters saw two armed robbers terrorizing his neighborhood, he did the only thing he could think of: He asked his wife to bring him his AK-47. "I had to get it to protect my family and the neighbors and all that," Winters said.
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It was part of a series of events, including a fistfight, rock-throwing and haphazard gunshots, that hammered the plans of two robbery suspects Saturday afternoon, leaving one shot and the other stuck in the mud.
Both men faced aggravated robbery charges.
A police report told the tale:
The suspects pulled up in a Ford F-150 and approached Cesar Arellano, busy installing a roof on a home under construction near Barton Court and Hughes Avenue.
Formalities were brief. One of the suspects suddenly put Arellano in a chokehold, and the other pulled out a gun. They demanded money and his rings.
Arellano grabbed the gun. The struggle began.
Arellano's brother, also on site, saw the robbery. He charged and punched one of the intruders.
Amid the mayhem, the handgun went off, and a stray bullet struck one of the suspects.
The brothers managed to break free and run to Winters' house for help.
The wounded suspect bolted for Arellano's vehicle. The other ran for his own pickup.
Neither got too far.
Police later traced the wounded suspect to a location a little more than 2 miles away. He was taken to Wilford Hall Medical Center.
The other suspect's getaway pickup had become stuck in a ditch and then between a curb and a log.
Then it got worse for him. Arellano and his brother started to hurl rocks at the pickup and broke a window. The suspect bailed out, briefly pointed a gun at the brothers and then ran through an open field.
Enter Winters.
He followed through the field, toting the military weapon at his side. When he fired a few rounds at the ground and the suspect kept going, Winters fired some more.
"Then he stopped, completely stopped," Winters said. "I ran up to him, and he just told me not to kill him."
Winters, along with Arellano and his brother, held the suspect until police arrived. The neighborhood was again safe.
"It was a robbery that just went wrong," Winters said.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vdavila@express-news.net
Love your tagline. Course, I like C.S.Lewis.
When I sold firearms in a department store a few years ago, the semi-auto version of the AK-47 that we sold was known as the MAK-90, for Modified AK year 1990. They were a cheap Chinese knockoff that looked like they'd fall apart the first time the owner pulled the trigger.
Note that this was in Texas...
I have one of these and the accuracy is better than I am. Some report 2" groups with these at 100 yards. Now, since I am a civilian (now), I would hate to have to explain how I popped a bad guy at 100 yards in fear of my life.
It is stamped "Las Vegas, NV" and made by Arsenal for $800. This rifle does something that no present AR can - fire 122 grain 30 caliber projectiles at $150/1000 rounds. I know of at least 1 AR in 308 now, but I couldn't afford to feed one of those.
Except that they make AR uppers for just that caliber now...
"Just a small point but one I feel compelled to make ,, this mans weapon was most likely a SKS-47 not an AK-47 , AK = automatic Kalishnikov , SKS = semi-automatic Kalishnikov ,,, I doubt he has a class 3 license for a fully automatic weapon... The weapon model is almost always inaccurately reported in the media.."
Minor point, AK stands for avtomat klashnikov or klashnikov rifle. The SKS fires the same cartridge but uses a different action. The AK available to us civilians is semi-auto but still an AK
I know. It was probably "Gimme' my f@#$%^n' AK". Some people are so narrow.
Do you have a link to an AR in 7.62X39? I know they have a couple in 308 (7.62X54). The 308 round and the 223 are both more expensive than the stuff I feed the AK. I considered the AR when I got my AK, but when I put the 223 round next to the 7.62X39, that was it.
Finally, my kinda humor.
Colt used to make them. Olympic Arms and DPMS still make them.
Bushmaster made some for a while, dunno if they still make them. They're growing in popularity again.
That said, *my* AK fires 12ga slugs (or shot).
7.62 x 39 ammo just spiked. Word is our "friends" the russkies are diverting to iran. Go figure.
This is what a yahoo search turned up. The two manufaturers do not list 7.62X39 rifles on their sites. It seems to be an aftermarket/kit thing.
They're backordered 2-3 months last I heard. Get any you can now.
Pumps are slow to reload and subject to operator short stroking under stress.
The Saiga-12 feeds from a 5, 8, or soon 10 round detachable box magazine. And possibly a 20 round "circular mass feeding device" in the future. Even with the kludgy Knoxx tack-on snail mag for the pumps, reloading a pump under stress takes considerable dexterity.
No, that ammo is going to Venezuela and Cuba.
AK 47 ~ Bump!
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