Russian ballistic knife....
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madmike
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From what I've seen of that show, it's 50% history and 50% fantasy.
Compressed air???
No
No
zignal_zero
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ALWILLIAM is dead on (afaik) and i grew up in FL at the height of the "Russian Ballistic Knife" craze. unfortunately, my parents drew the line at projectile blades 
my guns were cool, my switchblades were cool, but NO ballistic knives. oh well, i had it better than most 14 yr olds
here's a tidbit some might not know - people were getting charged, in FL, under the "ballistic knife" statute for having SWITCHBLADES. the verbage was revised in July 2003 (i believe) to prevent further misinterpretation of the statute.
my guns were cool, my switchblades were cool, but NO ballistic knives. oh well, i had it better than most 14 yr olds here's a tidbit some might not know - people were getting charged, in FL, under the "ballistic knife" statute for having SWITCHBLADES. the verbage was revised in July 2003 (i believe) to prevent further misinterpretation of the statute.
mustang_steve
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Pffft, everyone here is wrong, they were powered by my ego.
here are the attachments, the first one shows the pull pin, second shows the button the you press.
i will continue serching for the compressed gas one, but so far im only rinding the spring one, so im going to admit in avance that i may be wrong about people being riped off, but i know there are compressed gas ones out there, it might have been custom but i will attempt to find it.
i will continue serching for the compressed gas one, but so far im only rinding the spring one, so im going to admit in avance that i may be wrong about people being riped off, but i know there are compressed gas ones out there, it might have been custom but i will attempt to find it.
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madmike
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Looks exactly like the US made ones that claimed to be Russian and weren't.
The "pneumatic" ones were a pre-emptive attempt at banning other designs, and wound up conflicting with spearguns.
The "pneumatic" ones were a pre-emptive attempt at banning other designs, and wound up conflicting with spearguns.
I still have my home made ballistic knife... and it is part Russian, as the blade is from an AK 47 bayonet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVQpbFOxTbo
Slips through a loophole in German law!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVQpbFOxTbo
Slips through a loophole in German law!
Zombiphobia
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so what are the 3 disproving questions?
madmike
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That would be telling. Just some stuff that anyone in spec ops would know, and a lot of other vets can figure out. The posers won't know, though.
I caught one out once because he didn't know what type of parachute the military uses for static line jumps. Bozo.
Just some stuff that anyone in spec ops would know, and a lot of other vets can figure out. The posers won't know, though.I caught one out once because he didn't know what type of parachute the military uses for static line jumps. Bozo.
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of course it'd have to be questions only the tru deal would know.
But then again, they're not allowed to talk about such things. That's why they're the only ones who know.
But then again, they're not allowed to talk about such things. That's why they're the only ones who know.
madmike
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Well, that's one clear indication. "I'm not supposed to talk about this, but..."
ANYONE who's ever had a clearance knows that if you're not supposed to talk about it, you DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
ANYONE who's ever had a clearance knows that if you're not supposed to talk about it, you DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
ironhead7544
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There was a company in Merritt Island FL in 1984. I stopped into his gunshop while passing through. He showed me is newly designed knife he was making and said the Spetznaz used a similar one. It came with a baton type cover that could be used if you did not want to use the blade. The thing had a huge spring and he had a hell of of time loading it. He demoed for me by firing it at a piece of 3/4 in plywood at 15 feet or so. It penetrated the wood with about 1 inch of blade sticking through. Said it wasnt available yet as there was some question about it being legal because of the spring.
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I had one of the knives ironhead described above. Bought it out of Shotgun News back in '85 for about $100 if I remember right. The sold them unrestricted, or at least at first they did.
Overall, it was fairly well made, except for the "trigger". Mostly it was aluminum, with a steel bayonet type blade. You could fire it with or without the baton cover. It did use a very heavy spring, and it was a bear to "load", and once loaded, it was a scary thing to have in your hand, as the "trigger" was easily bumped off, if the grenade pin safety was not in place.
Mine would stick into sheet rock at 10', but would barely stick in a sheet of plywood, or any wood, at the same distance. It was "supposed" to kill at 30+ feet, and I suppose maybe it could, in the unlikely event all the stars and planets just happened to be aligned precisely, and it were to hit something vital at that distance. Still, I wouldnt want to be on the receiving end of it. It was actually pretty cool, and I wish now I hadnt traded it off.
Overall, it was fairly well made, except for the "trigger". Mostly it was aluminum, with a steel bayonet type blade. You could fire it with or without the baton cover. It did use a very heavy spring, and it was a bear to "load", and once loaded, it was a scary thing to have in your hand, as the "trigger" was easily bumped off, if the grenade pin safety was not in place.
Mine would stick into sheet rock at 10', but would barely stick in a sheet of plywood, or any wood, at the same distance. It was "supposed" to kill at 30+ feet, and I suppose maybe it could, in the unlikely event all the stars and planets just happened to be aligned precisely, and it were to hit something vital at that distance. Still, I wouldnt want to be on the receiving end of it. It was actually pretty cool, and I wish now I hadnt traded it off.
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