While visiting with SwedeSteve and Monte at our favorite gun store in Anchorage, I spotted one of the New German GSG-5 .22 rifles in the rack behind the counter. It is a Nice copy of the MP-5 Rifle and since they are Hard to find, I grabbed it and Growled !!! The Fake supressor makes it look pretty Awesome!
Rich
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For the same price ya coulda got a Calico that has a 100 shot magazine
Saw a pair of GSG's at the Milton, FL gun show yesterday...kinda heavy in comparison to my Calico. They did look up to H&K standards tho...tough tough tough
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Now that just had to come on the market, didn't it? If someone's willing to pay, it'll be selling!!
Personally I feel the 9 mil version (full auto, thank you) is a real pea shooter, with or without suppressor. So the .22LR version doesn't really appeal to me. But I'm sure you can have fun with it, so go ahead!!
I had a Calico and got rid of it after the company refused to sell me parts and Magazines...
I have the 9mm version of the H&K SP89 and it is a sweet shooter , but for a Plinker that is affordable to shoot , The GSG-5 fits the bill...and is a Lot less expensive than an H&K gun is !
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...while I was serving as a logistics planner in your country, in the USAF, because of classified areas/locations I worked in, we were not allowed photographic equipment.
If we would have been, I could have displayed for you and others to view a few zillion photos of our times serving along side each other in NATO exercise and real-world deployments...US and Norway defending the cause of freedom together...over the course of over 20 flights in/out of your beautiful country, from the south of Norway to way above the Arctic Circle.
And, yes, the smell of ammo being fired has a powerfully exhilarating effect on the anatomy...
...especially the anatomy of a soldier.
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...while I was serving as a logistics planner in your country, in the USAF, because of classified areas/locations I worked in, we were not allowed photographic equipment.
If we would have been, I could have displayed for you and others to view a few zillion photos of our times serving along side each other in NATO exercise and real-world deployments...US and Norway defending the cause of freedom together...over the course of over 20 flights in/out of your beautiful country, from the south of Norway to way above the Arctic Circle.
And, yes, the smell of ammo being fired has a powerfully exhilarating effect on the anatomy...
...especially the anatomy of a soldier.
I've spent some time training contingents from the Georgia National Guard, in winter exercises!!! Imagine that... Minus 20 degrees and I had to take 90 HUUUUGE, wining, warmblooded southerners out in the snow all day, skiing and doing avalance exercises!
I remember they were shocked to see me in the bank, carrying my HK G3 across my back, ha ha! And then I took two of their sergeants to the range on a sunday morning to do some full auto shooting with the G3. On the first try, the sgt ended up about 6 feet behind the point where he first pulled the trigger...
Reminds me of times at the range and in the field as leader of a flight of security forces and mobile fire teams.
Wonderful times and sweet memories...
...thanks for bringing vivid life back to those memories again!
I can still see the chiggers crawling up the blades of grass as I was low crawling toward targets...
Oh, yes...-20 and more below zero (static air temperature) as we worked through deployments above the Arctic Circle...
...and you folks were in small tents, while we were in hardened facilities (one of the reasons I enjoyed the USAF in winter months).
I used to marvel profoundly at how you Norwegians could handle such severe weather conditions so well...and not show any sign of physical or physiological degradation.
Your kin folk seemed more invigorated the colder it got...
...and, my love for rigorous winter conditions was significantly expanded by your countryman's examples of discipline and valor.
After my retirement from the USAF, I outfitted my family and me with the same arctic gear that protected me and other troops during those deployments....
For Christmas gifts this year...
...my wife and I are buying each other snow shoes and cross-country skiing gear.
Yee Haw...
We're preparing for a winter of fun with our new baby girl...
...earlier this summer we purchased a nice Kelty child back pack carrier so I can carry her along with us in our adventures.
She'll be dressed warm and resemble a Michelin girl...
...especially when we igloo camp.
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Yeah, LiveToShoot, winter is something special, if you can handle it. Skiing cross country is one of my favourite activities, in the winter that is! Staying outdoors in a tent is no problem at all in 20 below either, but you've got to have to basics in. I think the lowest temps I've camped out in was -38C, which is about -36F. There was some wind to it also, but we dug in.
In '94 I took off with some friends on a 60 miles skiing trip up in northern Norway. We hade anything between beautiful arctic still weather and -30F to 32F, rain and winds up to 60 miles/hour. Guess which was the worst...
The ice swimming was done last winter, in a week long excercise. I slept well that night!
Air temps were only about 0F when swimming, and at night a bit cooler. Great fun! (Yeah, sure...)
I took a plunge in ice filled waters, in the Stanley Basin on the Salmon River, just north of here while Salmon fishing one year, in the middle of winter's tight grip...
...it's one of the coldest winter spots in North America, and it took my breath away for a few moments, I felt like my lungs were collapsing as I gasped for air. However, I didn't experience total/intended immersion as you did. Mine was a poor judgment accident on a steep, slippery gravel slope of the river. I was fortunate/blessed to get self-extracted (most likely unseen assistance) from the faster moving, ice-flow water, with very limited chances of climbing out and up the steep and gravel slippery river bank. It sure felt good to still be alive that day!
It's a gigantic physical triumph over some serious odds!
Could you recommend a good pair of snow shoes, for a 225lb man and 135lb woman...plus good cross-country skis/boots for the same?
Thanks for your continued service in the cause of freedom...
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