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
http://tantal.kalashnikov.guns.ru
Go to that link... they may give a quote! I'm inquiring lately.
[graboid]
"there's no need for any civilian to have a long-range weapon that has such a big magazine capacity"
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Ack, I see you ended up getting the vent-rib variant.
it does the job. I rather like the sights, actually - very fast and 2-eye friendly
but... I'm going to have to re-stock the thing. I really need a fore-end with a rail, and would rather have a pistol-grip or thumb-hole stock than the traditional model.
How are the brackets that make up the stock on the bullpup attached? riveted? bolted? other? Could the stock, including the brackets not just the pad, be easily removed leaving just the squared off back end?
I love it when you talk Russian, but I'd guess it was parts for an AKM, rather than an AK. Or maybe it was even a WASR-10.
the buttstock is screwed onto the same frame tongues as would be a normal stock. the pistolgrip element hooks onto the front edge of the frame and is securely swivel-latched onto a piece of furniture pinned to the barrel, which once held the lower element of the original fore-end. the kit's fore-end element IS loose, and is slated for replacement when I get around to it.
The original kit sights sucked. you will note that mine has no front sight at all, and has a shiny aluminum adaptor/mount where you'd expect to see the rear sight - those are two custom mods I've worked into my bullpup.
On the other side is a rapidly detachable brass catcher (90rnd capacity) and a forward auxiliary charging rod and handle (as the brass catcher renders conventionally operating the bolt impossible)
Internally, I cut the trigger wire and inserted a 40tpi screw with nuts to make a trigger poundage adjustment. I wish it was accessable without a complete teardown, but oh well...
oh, and there's that nifty muzzle brake. damned good item, that. got it from Bushmaster.
with the current set up, I shoot 3" groups at 100m freestanding.
that's good enough.
what I notice is no mention of the NAMES of the suspects....
WHY?
Arsenal's are good Bulgarian AKs. I have an SSR made by global trades, so I know they are quality.
Ouch. That's a great pun. So great that you should be staked to an anthill. (Most puns only rate a groan; a few rate a wedgie.)
I was out shooting my Arsenal when you wrote that. It sure is hard to keep bullets in this thing!
ain't it, though? I can never seem to keep any ammo for my bullpup, and now my Saiga is showing signs of similar gluttony... it is simply too much fun to rack out two rounds per second of buckshot.
I must get some 10rnd mags... and see about the feasibility of a 20rnd drum.
Nice! What brand is that?
Here is the link:
http://tantal.kalashnikov.guns.ru
Actually, it looked right to me!
Oh hey, as an aside, the parental units are moving to the New Braunsfels area. Bought a house and everything!
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