tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post3663342208329806184..comments2024-03-19T01:54:07.518-06:00Comments on Borderland Beat: 147 Assault Rifles Seized in Laredo TexasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-74753297385840061022012-08-28T10:02:01.961-06:002012-08-28T10:02:01.961-06:00Guides to converting AKs to full automatic are rea...Guides to converting AKs to full automatic are readily available online and can be accomplished with as little as a twist-tie (obviously the latter method is fairly unreliable). <br /><br />If the media's reporting is correct (and that's a big "if") then my suspicion is these weapons were legally bought in the United States and converted. It's unlikely AKs were brought into Texas, where they're readily available, when they are worth so much more in Mexico. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-48865240361733815182011-04-17T12:46:23.240-06:002011-04-17T12:46:23.240-06:00lol funny how people actually take the time to arg...lol funny how people actually take the time to argue over the internet .. makes u feel Power-full don,t it ...lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-2304693725186823032010-07-12T10:26:48.038-06:002010-07-12T10:26:48.038-06:00There isn't a single part you can file down on...There isn't a single part you can file down on a AK to make it fire full auto.<br /><br />Filing down the sear pin ,disconnector, firing pin ,ect will either make the gun not work , or fire out of battery. It *May* fire a burst of ammo which would be by sheer luck , and has about a 50/50 chance of exploding on you. The only TRUE way of making one full auto requires a machine shop , drill presses and a fabrication process. It can be done, but it's quite difficult. Those of you that say it can be done with a file are just regurgitating stuff you've read online from armchair commandos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-50103338804085162442010-07-09T07:56:02.392-06:002010-07-09T07:56:02.392-06:00File the sear pin and you have a gun that keeps fi...File the sear pin and you have a gun that keeps firing until it's out of ammo, no matter what you do. <br /><br />The 'Full Auto' setting on a real AK is all the way DOWN, not the middle setting. Those are just semi-auto clones.Thirdpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-53577786595138821212010-07-08T10:53:59.729-06:002010-07-08T10:53:59.729-06:00"What people seem to forget is that it's ..."What people seem to forget is that it's the easiest thing in the world to convert an AK from a semi-auto to a full-auto rifle. All it takes is to file down a certain part of the rifle."<br /><br />You're not only wrong, you are possibly a moron for this statement alone. If you file down the disconnector and pull the trigger, you may very well get more than one round to go off. Problem is that if you do so, the gun will be firing out of battery (Meaning not locked up) and you will have an explosion on your hands. 30,000psi going off in your face is guaranteed to ruin your day.<br /><br />And thos AK's are either semi only or if they are full auto, came *FROM* Mexico to the U.S. not the other way around. There are barely enough full auto AK's in the U.S. alone to have more than 50% of them busted there. Journalist of this article is either ignorant or is purposefully distorting the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-5063696734064668262010-07-08T09:56:17.823-06:002010-07-08T09:56:17.823-06:00"Easily converted" to full auto? If you..."Easily converted" to full auto? If you want to go to Federal prison for 10 years and pay a $250,000 fine.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-3723796630261526772010-06-27T14:09:36.302-06:002010-06-27T14:09:36.302-06:00- "According to my understanding of TABF regu...- "According to my understanding of TABF regulations the presence of bayonet lugs on legal semi auto assault weapons is illegal (non-compliant in TABF language)."<br /><br />Your understanding is wrong. Bayonet lugs are NOT prohibited features. They are in fact quite common on legal civilian-owned AR-15s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-56596792715414584812010-06-18T23:45:34.854-06:002010-06-18T23:45:34.854-06:00most of them look like ak-74 made by zastava ( yug...most of them look like ak-74 made by zastava ( yugoslavia) and for the short ones those are the latest import form serbia also made by zastava i believe they go by the name krinkovAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-89194699742108955572010-06-16T11:59:01.757-06:002010-06-16T11:59:01.757-06:00Time for the CIA to send in the drone planes!Time for the CIA to send in the drone planes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-47218358779118940612010-06-05T10:23:20.558-06:002010-06-05T10:23:20.558-06:00Note to Pres. Calderon: Your precious assault wea...Note to Pres. Calderon: Your precious assault weapon ban would do nothing. Especially on these since the full auto AK type weapons are already illegal in the US except with a special $200 tax stamp and about 6 months of background checks and such weapons are really really expensive. And cannot be made new or imported since 1986 so they are also rare.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162472649022494093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-9285266543752911662010-06-04T14:55:56.306-06:002010-06-04T14:55:56.306-06:00file the little sear pin, it is a little nub on th...file the little sear pin, it is a little nub on the trigger and you have a full auto...but why even take the time ...semi-auto is deadly enough, especially with full metal jacket ammo, goes right through a car like nothing..i wish Mexico would hire American mercenarys to come down an help kill some of these pinche madres...yo odio mucho these arrogant culero narcos, i would bring my own equipment for free...senor Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-3401444618668697672010-06-03T18:35:42.424-06:002010-06-03T18:35:42.424-06:00Good observations and reporting Gerardo!Good observations and reporting Gerardo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-77201660524172532672010-06-03T17:57:54.431-06:002010-06-03T17:57:54.431-06:00Response to Sylvia Longmire: Initial local TV news...Response to Sylvia Longmire: Initial local TV news coverage stated that the weapons were "fully automatic".<br /><br /> http://www.pro8news.com/news/95382304.html<br /><br />I thought about this and felt that the reporter was probably echoing a statement from one of the authorities present at the news conference.<br />Also the presence of the bayonets was intriguing. According to my understanding of TABF regulations the presence of bayonet lugs on legal semi auto assault weapons is illegal (non-compliant in TABF language). Thus, a bayonet lug on an assault rifle might be indicative of a military "full auto" weapon. It is pointless to have a bayonet with a semi auto AK without the lug as the bayonet would not attach and would fall off when tilted downwards.<br /><br />Also the June 2nd edition of the Laredo Morning Times has a frontpage photo of these weapons that show a row of AK's, some of which clearly display baoynet lugs. I was unable to include this photo since it is a paid subscription site that does not allow for downloads of images. (Sorry my scanner is broken)<br /><br />Look at the news story video included in the link above. At -1.02 into the story there is closeup where a weapon with a bayonet lug is clearly present. Also the safety selector switch on a semi auto AK has only 2 settings: all up for safety or all down for safety off semi auto. In a fully auto AK the selector has a 3rd setting in the middle for full auto fire. <br />at -0.45 on the news video there is a close up of a weapon that appears to have the safety selector at the middle "full auto" setting. <br /><br />These are the reasons I decided to echo the initial news report of "fully automatic" weapons.Gerardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-27451392055506251392010-06-03T15:45:49.231-06:002010-06-03T15:45:49.231-06:00A conversion kit for AK-47s from Semi to Auto used...A conversion kit for AK-47s from Semi to Auto used to cost about $20 bucks..<br /><br />A glance at the photo and I was back in Mexico!<br />What's next, parading all of the captured suspects, hands bound, swollen faces, in front of deputies wearing ski masks? Maybe some black sheets for back drop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-59833684145493344432010-06-03T05:07:56.861-06:002010-06-03T05:07:56.861-06:00compitas, vamos a tener que unirnos contra estas p...compitas, vamos a tener que unirnos contra estas pinches lacras de los zetas y pistoleros k no les hacemos nada y nos estan chingando, todos someos pacificos pero ya estubo,o tados no van a desapareser, el gobieno no puede por k a ojos visto se esta comprando por millones de dollares,pero la pobre gente esta sufriendo bien go,y yo vivo me estados unidos,pasemos la palabra,vamos a ayudar a mexico necesitamos saber de sus pensamientos y ideas, y vamos a ganar, tenemos a los mejores presidentes, ahi k hacer algo, antes de k sea muy tarde,estamos trabajando en unos servidores con linux k podran ser traced, para ustedes k conocen algo d como corre la informacion over the internet protol,van a poder dejar sus ideas y localizasion de como piensan usteded de la mejor manera de ayudar a mexico y al presidente, envez d nomas criticaloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-89970967917590359292010-06-03T04:04:40.679-06:002010-06-03T04:04:40.679-06:00We would love to "not leave all the work to M...We would love to "not leave all the work to Mexico". Talk to the two presidents about tightening up the border. None of this will get better until we control the border and stop the flow of illegal traffic (goods and people) in both directions.<br />P.S. The weapons were caught in Laredo, TX. Not in Mexico.Dale Powersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-9525830909791126322010-06-02T20:46:54.283-06:002010-06-02T20:46:54.283-06:00This was because of an anonymous call. How about i...This was because of an anonymous call. How about if the USA starts working and cooperating, and not leaving all the work to Mexico, especially because the main problem is because of the great demand for drugs in the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-23294709358323193432010-06-02T19:39:45.236-06:002010-06-02T19:39:45.236-06:00I'm not sure what source was used to determine...I'm not sure what source was used to determine that the AK-47s were full auto. I read at least seven different press reports on this incident, and all of them said the same thing - that they were boxed-up AK-47s, and that's it. I have yet to see anything that corroborates this post's claim that they were actually full-auto. I also agree with the previous poster regarding the ease with which AK-47s can be converted from semi-auto to full-auto.Sylvia Longmirehttp://borderviolenceanalysis.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-843989612375865162010-06-02T18:16:47.712-06:002010-06-02T18:16:47.712-06:00It's common tactic by the media to hype up the...It's common tactic by the media to hype up their story. If any full automatic AK-47s' are going to mexico their coming in from international territories (Russia , Bulgaria , Albania ,China and Central & South America.) Only AK's coming from U.S into Mexico are from gun shows legally purchased with FFL licenses. Bet your bottom dollar on it.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-46904388947175025602010-06-02T14:55:34.865-06:002010-06-02T14:55:34.865-06:00The follow up on where the guns came from will mak...The follow up on where the guns came from will make an even better story...how did full auto guns make it to their hands...much less 147 full auto guns.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947231027214015030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-41929826520723092762010-06-02T13:41:58.390-06:002010-06-02T13:41:58.390-06:00What people seem to forget is that it's the ea...What people seem to forget is that it's the easiest thing in the world to convert an AK from a semi-auto to a full-auto rifle. All it takes is to file down a certain part of the rifle. <br /><br />Plus reporters have a bad habit of saying a rifle is full auto because of the way it looks when it's actually semi-auto. Case in point the Marine reservist case, I'm positive those rifles were semi auto, along with a bunch of the ARs seized in Mexico. Reporters that know nothing about weapons look at those black military style rifles and assume they are full auto assault rifles with out actually knowing for sure if it is. <br /><br />From my point of view anyone that shots those rifles in semi auto should be more effective and more deadly if he has some idea of marksmanship. Full auto is just a waste of bullets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-22581145431380569822010-06-02T12:42:22.454-06:002010-06-02T12:42:22.454-06:00good job, now... beat the truth out of this bastar...good job, now... beat the truth out of this bastard..then go after his buddies...this could be the tip of an icebergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-18134976703147676362010-06-02T08:05:59.246-06:002010-06-02T08:05:59.246-06:00"How about the ones who say it is impossible ..."How about the ones who say it is impossible to get fully autos in the US and that all the AK-47 came from other countries other than the US?"<br /><br />First of all, fully automatic, not on sale in the U.S. unless stolen at an army base or law enforcement agency. Second, AK-47 are not made in the U.S. and just because the seizure happened in the U.S., does not mean U.S. supplied the riffles. the way the borders are, I think and this is only my opinion, it is easier to smuggle across the border on land than a shipment by air from another country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-16455412902735133642010-06-02T07:31:36.375-06:002010-06-02T07:31:36.375-06:00It is highly illegal to possess a fully auto rifle...It is highly illegal to possess a fully auto rifle in the U S without a federal tax stamp which is tough to get. These guns are illegal to possess in the US , but money talks you have the money any weapon that exists can be bought anywhere in the world anytime Russia has flooded the world with AKs for the last 40 years. So there you have it illegal guns going to Mexico where its illegal to own a non permit gun of any type. This guy needs to spend the rest of his life breaking up rocks in the sun---Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-12829195093911095212010-06-02T06:43:44.315-06:002010-06-02T06:43:44.315-06:00147 fully automatic AK-47 confiscated in the US! H...147 fully automatic AK-47 confiscated in the US! How about the ones who say it is impossible to get fully autos in the US and that all the AK-47 came from other countries other than the US?<br /><br />We see constant news of these busts in the US (found a few others here on this site) and of all these busts, there are hundreds more that don't get caught.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com