Skatchkins wrote:

This is a "cute" rifle made by Warsport Industries, called the LVOA-S. Ok, I say "cute" only because it's very pretty. However, it's also highly functional.


LVOA -S (SBR):
BASIC SPECS:
CAL: .223 WYLDE CHAMBER, 1:8 RH,
BARREL LENGTH: 11.75"
WEIGHT (W/ 30-RD MAG): 7.2-LBS
WEIGHT CARBINE: 6.75-LBS
LENGTH OPEN: 32.75"
LENGTH CLOSED: 29.5"

LVOA SBR INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
LVOA CARBINE BAG
MAGPUL MBUS PRO SIGHTS
MAGPUL XTM FOREGRIP
B5 SYSTEMS ENHANCED SOPMOD STOCK (pictured above is the Magpul CTR stock, which was standard when this rifle was first made available)
AMBI MAG RELEASE
AMBI FIRE CONTROLS
CMC 3.5-LB FLAT TRIGGER
COLOR: LOW-VIS FOL GREEN

The scope is an Aimpoint Micro T-1 with a Fortis F-1 mount.

The rifle can be purchased as a complete setup, or you can purchase just the upper.

Skatchkins wrote:

Going from right to left:

Unknown SKS - not sure if Chinese, Russina, Yugo, or the origin of manufacture. They are made mostly in Russia and China, though. This one is pretty standard, with bayonet, sling, and non removable 10 round magazine.

Customized Remington 870 12ga shotgun - Upgraded Magpul Furniture, rifled slug barrel with sights, and a +2 shotshell extension. Other accessories include Magpul sling and barrel band QD sling attachment.

Soviet RPK - At first glance, I would have sait it was aYugoslavian made Zastava M72, which is a direct copy of the Sovien RPK light machine gun. But the M72 did not come with a side rail for mounting an optic mount. Given that this rifle has been "customized", it would not be unusual for them to add the side rail. So, it's hard to say if it's a RPK or a M72. Or, if it's a semi-auto version or a full auto light machine gun. One can only wonder. What throws me is the front sight post. It does not match either RPK or M72. Again, being a custom build gun, it may be a mishmash of demilled parts. So, the status is "undetermined".

I will say that the Shotgun is very good looking. The SKS novel. The RPK or M72, is really UGLY... Just MHO.

Nice.

1953 Izhevsk SKS (7.62x39)
Remington 870 Police Magnum (12ga)
Czech Small Arms vz.58 (7.62x39)

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famous one

bonus if you get who owned it and the story

Skatchkins wrote:5511

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http://www.kriss-arms.com/short-barrel-rifles/vector-sbr-45-acp

The patented KRISS system actually works with the operator by helping deliver more rounds on-target, more of the time. By reducing felt recoil by as much as 60% and barrel elevation by 95%, the KRISS system stays where you aim it and drastically reduces the need to re-acquire sight picture...even when firing full auto at 1200 rounds-per-minute!

Unlike any other firearm ever invented, instead of having all the recoil force slam back into the shooter’s shoulder, causing massive amounts of felt recoil and resultant muzzle climb, the KRISS System absorbs and redirects these forces downward and away from the operator thus enabling him to better control and keep the KRISS firearm on-target. More control equals more rounds on-target, more of the time.

Developed over a 5-year period in cooperation with the US Army ARDEC Picatinny Arsenal, the KRISS system has been designed and proven to meet or exceed the requirements of today’s changing tactical challenges. Due to its small platform envelope and light weight, the KRISS is easily deployed in CQB and mobile tactical situations; it can be quickly and effectively deployed from behind a patrol vehicle steering wheel, covert-carried or by mounted units storing easily in a saddlebox. With its hard-hitting .45 ACP cartridge, the KRISS provides in-close knock-down power at 1200 rounds-per-minute and 6” groups at stand-off distances of 100m....all with no worries about over-penetration risks and the confidence of single-fire, two-round burst and full-auto selectability.

The KRISS Vector is built to rugged MILSPEC standards and features simple and robust moving parts. With the removal of only 4 pushpins, the KRISS field strips in 7 seconds...no tools required.

** Breakdown **

Advanced Armament Ti-RANT 45 titanium suppressor
Aimpoint CompM4(s) with a GG&G Accucam QD Mount
Diamondhead ISS BUIS Sight System
Surefire EB1 Light installed over the suppressor, using the Kriss Vector Light Adaptor .
Command Arms MVG grip

offroadaz wrote:famous one

bonus if you get who owned it and the story

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It's a Sharps M1850 in .44cal. This was a joint venture production gun between Sharps Rifle Company and Albert Nippes. About 150 were produced in .36 and .44 caliber.

This particular one was owned by John Brown. Actually, he owned two of them.


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Who was John Brown??

A history lesson
As a boy of five, John Brown witnessed a slave his own age being beaten with a fire shovel. He vowed to become a foe of slavery. By mid 1800, Brown was fulfilling his vow. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the two territories to decide the issue of slavery by a popular ballot. The fight in Kansas was so intense that the state earned the nickname of “Bleeding Kansas.” As Missouri pro-slavery “Ruffians” flocked to Kansas, the New England abolitionists bankrolled “Free-Soilers” to move to the settlement of Lawrence, Kansas. Henry Ward Beecher raised money to purchase Sharp's rifles for use by antislavery forces in Kansas. Rifles, said Beecher, are “a greater moral agency than the Bible” in the fight against slavery. The guns were packed in crates labeled "Bibles" so they would not arouse suspicion. Soon the Sharps rifles sent to Kansas were referred to as “Beecher’s Bibles.” In 1856, after abolitionists were attacked in Lawrence, John Brown led a raid on scattered cabins along the Pottawatomie Creek, killing five people. Kansas would not become a state until 1861, after the Confederate states seceded. John Brown had another plan to bring about an end to slavery, a slave uprising. Brown contracted with Charles Blair, a forge master in Collinsville, Connecticut, to make 950 pikes for a dollar a piece. Brown would issue the pike to the slaves as they revolted. On 16 October 1859, Brown led his group to Harpers Ferry where he took over the arsenal and waited for the slaves to revolt. The revolt never came. Two days later Robert E. Lee and his troops overran the raiders and captured John Brown. Brown was found guilty of murder, treason, and of inciting slave insurrection and on 2 December 1859, he was hanged.



This Sharps rifle was made especially for John Brown, though it bears no maker’s mark. Brown carried this weapon on his Kansas campaign in 1856 and later presented it to Charles Blair of Collinsville, Connecticut. In 1857, Brown contracted Blair to forge pikes for the clandestine slave insurrection he was planning for Harpers Ferry.

Is this just airsoft?

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I would think it is.. I see an air hose on the bottom.

offroadaz wrote:

Ok, the top one is "just" a pretty AK with a side folder. Enough about this, because it's "just" an AK.

Now, THIS is worth talking about...



The bottom gun is a Beretta Model 12. It's chambered in 9mm and originated as a submachine gun. It was originally produced in the 1960s for the Italian State Police and Italian National Army.

In the late 70's and early 80's, they started to replace most of the Italian armed forces and police force with the updated model called the M12S. "S" denoted better safeties and improved mechanics.

The Beretta M12S submachine gun was made famous when it was used in the 1968 Tet Offensive, where Marines fended off a Viet Cong attack at the US Embassy in Saigon.

Since then, this model was made by Brazil and Indonesia, under license.

The latest version is called the PM12S2. Again, an improvement on cosmetics, better machining (hello CNC), the use of polymers to reduce weight, and automatic safeties.

Not sure I like automatic safeties...

I will also clarify this: The one you pictured is "not" a Beretta. It's a licensed Brazilian version made by Taurus... or the airsoft clone. Probably closer to an Airsoft clone because it's missing the front sling strap and there is an odd "switch" just above the grip. This is not present in ANY of the PM12 or PM12s models.

ShmUDE wrote:

Sorry I've been away so long. I didn't see this come across my email. Let's get started:

This bad boy is commonly known as a FAL Paratrooper and is chambered in 7.62x51mm and can also fire the more common .308win . It looks to have had some modifications done on it. The carry handle is missing, the barrel was shortened and a longer XM177-style flash hider was pinned/welded in place to make the barrel legal length. Since this is a "frakenstein rifle", I can't say much more about it.

DS Arms sells their modern version called the SA58.

http://www.dsarms.com/p-14236-fal-sa58-para-carbine-rifle-18-premium-bipod-cut-threaded-barrel.aspx

This is pretty.

Looks like a JJFU gun. Jessie James Firearms Unlimited.

2ndchance wrote:Looks like a JJFU gun. Jessie James Firearms Unlimited.

certainly is. He sure makes some pretty pieces.

Avis wrote:certainly is. He sure makes some pretty pieces.

Pretty, yes. Functional, no. This $5,000 rifle shoots no better than one I can build for under $1,500. Putting lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. If you want an art piece, buy this Nomad AR10 from JJFU. Want one that consistently shoots sub-MOA, call me. I will build you one. It's hard to take Jessie James seriously. He sure can work metal and build motorcycles. Guns, nah. He's a fish out of water.

2ndchance wrote:Sorry I've been away so long. I didn't see this come across my email. Let's get started:

This bad boy is commonly known as a FAL Paratrooper and is chambered in 7.62x51mm and can also fire the more common .308win . It looks to have had some modifications done on it. The carry handle is missing, the barrel was shortened and a longer XM177-style flash hider was pinned/welded in place to make the barrel legal length. Since this is a "frakenstein rifle", I can't say much more about it.

DS Arms sells their modern version called the SA58.

http://www.dsarms.com/p-14236-fal-sa58-para-carbine-rifle-18-premium-bipod-cut-threaded-barrel.aspx

here is the back story on it. It was from pirate.

He had a friend who owned a pawn shop. His friend would call him whenever he had something he would be interested in. So, one day he called him and told him to come down. That he had a gun for him to look at. He gets there and the pawn shop owner pulls out a mint DSA SA-58 10.5" barrel Paratrooper that he had taken in on a pawn. Now the owner of the gun got a DV charge and he cant legally own the gun again and the wanted to know if the old man wanted it. The old guy shit a brick and told him he cant be in possession of that gun, its a damn SBR! The old man explained to the pawn shop owner that He cant sell it, he cant own it, he could only turn it in to the police legally. The pawn shop owner shit a brick as well and told the old guy a price to take it right now.

The price offered was something ridiculously low. The old man couldnt pass up on the deal, but he couldnt buy the gun and possibly get both of them in trouble. So he told his friend to hold on. He inspected the barrel threading and went home real quick. The barrel was threaded 1/2x28. He came back with a 5.5" flash hider and equipment to do a solder. He soldered that flash hider on the barrel right there in the shop and proceeded to buy the gun for something like just a few hundred dollars. That, was by far, his best deal ever.

Now, at this point i dont believe the story. The man knew what he was talking about but ive heard some tall tails in my time. We chatted some more and i congratulated him on that fantastic purchase. I also told him how the FAL is like my holy grail gun. This is the gun that i plan to gift myself once i "made it" in life. Who knows when ill "make it" but thats my one gun that i consistently lust over. Ive sold a few shittier CAI L1A1's and Springfield SAR-48's but ive never had a DSA cross paths with me. IF it did, it would be in my safe.

We talked for a while more, i gave him my card and told him to call me if he ever wanted to sell it.

Fast forward to today. That old man came into the gun show. With that SA-58 with a 5.5" flash hider attached slung over his back. I couldn't believe it when i saw it. He stated the gun is only for sale if i wanted it. If i didnt want it then it wasnt for sale. He threw out a price that was absolutely fantastic! He had a BUNCH of people come up and ask him how much for it and he told them all it wasnt for sale. I told him to walk around and in an hour or so i would have the cash he wanted for it. He came back an hour later i had enough. It came home with me. Its going to the engraver tomorrow to form 2.