well that's weird

yeah...so I had posted a story containing pictures of models and such and it has magically disappeared off of my blog. Also, my poll questions changed and the comments from my last post were removed. None of this was by me and I don't know what is going on. So.. sorry for there not being a story i guess, I say blame Blogger. but w/e nothing i can do about it now. in completely random news: Hayden Panettiere no longer getting it from Andre the Giant!
so in the mean time until I get another story. here are some wallpapers. which should appear small and link to full size. lets see if that works. to view full size right click and find either Save image or View image.

This look familiar to anyone else? (see UF wallpaper post)

AK-47 vs M-16

Feeling a lot better than the last few days, but still not 100%. Thank you to those who wished me well. Now on to what is owed. 

 The M-16

 

Some facts about the M-16: 

It is accurate out to several hundred yards and when using heavy bullets and quick-twist barrels, can shoot to 800 - 1000 yards. This allows it to be accurate and allows for rapid, well-aimed fire. 

The M16 does not use a piston; gas blows back through a very small tube straight onto the bolt carrier. This eliminates the movement of the piston inside the rifle increases accuracy. 

The bolt locks into the barrel rather than the receiver, simplifying cleaning. 

The lower receiver with the serial number totally detaches from the upper receiver and barrel, meaning that somebody who owns one lower piece of an M16 can buy several differrent upper ends, cheaply and with no further legal requirements.

The barrel-upper receiver connection does not involve high torque as with some other military rifles. This makes M16s easy to work on.

Pros

• It's lighter,
• more accurate,
• more versatile,
• allow numerous modifications to be made
  such as mounting various uppers

Cons

• The 5.56 ammunition
• reliable with proper maintenance

 The AK-47 

 

 

Some facts about the AK-47:
It uses a minimalistic 30 caliber cartridge (7.62x39) and is meant to be easy to manufacture and maintain. Actually hitting anything with one much past 100 yards is problematical.

Pros

• The AK-47 is a very effective weapon with great power
• It has a very high rate of fire
• comes at a very reasonable price.
• light
• select-fire
• simple to operate, clean, and repair
• reliable

Cons

• Very loud noise
• is heavy,
• not accurate
• any optics require special adapters
• Many people don't like the AK safety mechanism

Source 

My favorite guy from Mail Call does a better job showing the differences, however the tests show slight preference to the M-16 (by the way they are holding it differently for the first Fully-auto test).

Here is another video from Discovery. A very nice video.

 What do you guys think is best? Personally, I like the M-16 more, but can see the major appeal associated with the AK-47. For anyone who has used both of them, which do you think "feels" better?



Edit 1: @ Athanasian Echo: The M-16 was known for jamming. They have fixed that problem since the war.  Also, The "reliable with proper maintenance" is a con because the gun is not reliable unless kept prestine and in near perfect condition. where as the AK-47 can fire even when filled with dirt and grime.  

Sick post

Still not feeling so hot. So in the mean time until I can actually focus enough to write the story (comparing the AK-47 and the AR-15), I'll leave you with a funny story.

The Rambo Granny of Melbourne, Australia

Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down ... and shot off their testicles.  The old lady spent a week hunting them down and when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special way, said Melbourne Police investigator, Evan Delp.  Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station, laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could be:

"Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God."

Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth, 33, lost both his penis and his testicles, when outraged Ava opened fire with a 9-mm pistol in the hotel room, where he and former prison cell mate Stanley Thomas, 29, were holed up.

The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom come, but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said.  Thomas, didn't lose his manhood, but the doctor I talked to said he won't be using it the way he used to, Detective Delp told reporters.  Both men are still in pretty bad shape, but I think they're just happy to be alive after what they've been through.

The Rambo granny swung into action on 21st August after her granddaughter, Debbie, was car-jacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row.  "When I saw the look on Debbie's face that night in hospital, I decided I was going to go out and get those bastards myself -- 'cause I figured the law would go easy on them, recalled the retired library worker. 

"I wasn't scared of them either, because I had my gun and I've been shooting all my life.  And I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one".

So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and Debbie's description of the sickos, tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days prowling the wino-infested neighbourhood where the crime took place till she spotted the ill-fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel .

I knew it was them the minute I saw 'em, but I shot a picture of 'em anyway and took it back to Debbie and she said sure as hell, it was them, the oldster recalled .

So I went back to that hotel and found their room and knocked on the door and the minute the big one opened the door, I shot 'im right square between the legs, right where it would really hurt most, you know.

Then I went in and shot the other one as he backed up pleading to me to spare him.  Then I went down to the police station and turned myself in.

Now, baffled lawmen are trying to figure out exactly how to deal with the vigilante granny.  What she did was wrong, and she broke the law, but it is difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in prison, Det. Delp said -- especially when 3 million people in the city want to nominate her for Mayor.