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How to Make a Longbow

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144 points nbernard | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 09:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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DeathArrow ◴[11 Apr 25 16:59 UTC] No.43655991[source]▶
Meanwhile, far away, in the vast and remote reaches of Russia, in a modest workshop beside a weathered small house, an old man patiently teaches his small grandson the art of assembling a Kalashnikov.
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1. LinuxAmbulance ◴[11 Apr 25 17:48 UTC] No.43656470[source]▶
It really is an art compared to more modern options, mostly due to trying to replicate what a skilled operator at stamped metal factory at the time was capable of at a small scale. That and the press fit barrel and gas block are much trickier than just torquing a barrel nut to the right amount of ft/lbs. like with the AR platform.

Enthusiasts will pay eyebrow raising amounts for custom ones from a shop with an impressive reputation for something that was the height of 1950s technology.