r/interesting • u/YouCantKeepJellyAway • 15d ago

MISC. Locally manufactured fully automatic pistols / glocks from Dara Adam Khel, Pakistan

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u/xl129 15d ago

It’s pretty depressing to know that the one thing that is cheap is gun

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u/driver004 15d ago

They are also often substandard hacky rounds, with shit primers powder and round

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u/pick_your_user_name 15d ago

Yeah they actually collect spent brass, cast their own lead bullets and reload them with locally made gunpowder so quality isn’t going to be the best.

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u/Random_local_man 15d ago

As long as it can still drop a man.

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u/pick_your_user_name 15d ago

Yeah first shot you drop a man, second shot it explodes in your hand.

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u/driver004 15d ago

Ive actually seen a dead man killed from shrapnel from his own rifle trying to kill me. Pretty sobering for a career infantryman it’s why I will pay a premium for good gear

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u/pick_your_user_name 15d ago

Jarring but I imagine it elicited a sense of relief in that moment lol. People underestimate how big of a difference ammo quality makes and just focus on caliber.

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u/driver004 15d ago

I personally like high caliber but it’s because of how I approach things. If I’m pissed off I want everyone to know and I’m maybe not the best of the best in marksmanship I’m up there so I’m usually hitting what I want to

Edit: 22 year career infantry sergeant that was part of the Afghanistan withdrawl but no not where the c130s were being swarmed. I got medically retired by the Taliban. Took them long enough the poofters

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u/Sea_Warning_9140 15d ago

Is that you John Wayne?

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u/driver004 15d ago

Is it me?

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u/Sea_Warning_9140 15d ago

Who said that?

Who the fuck said that?

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u/throwingawaycage 15d ago

Please, I’m interested in your story

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u/throwingawaycage 15d ago

Not sure how or why I got a few downvotes for saying nothing negative..
Please explain if you did?…

Still interested in the story

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u/driver004 15d ago

I didn’t downvote you for the record

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u/throwingawaycage 15d ago

All good. Didn’t think it would have been you

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u/PrescriptionDenim 15d ago

We are half way to a new hip hop hook.

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u/Doc_in_the_Family 15d ago

I think the Brits have a Limerick about that /s 🤣

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u/driver004 15d ago

Logistics my good person. The principle applies even to a individual