photographed recently somewhere around Kharkiv

[hrt4me]

 

[mushka]

Well, ain't that something. Glad to see someone over there has some sense.

 

[Phil Coffins]

He’s got time to play with fake guns? Probably a fake photo.

 

[Hanger]

Where’s the flint?

 

[Grenadier1758]

Those are Russian issued sidearms as they are out of stock on the latest sidearms. No need for a flint as all the powder is going into the bombs.

@Phil Coffins is probably correct. I suspect a fake photo too.

 

[jdw276]

Spoils of war. Display pieces and take em back to the mother land. One does not even have a flint in it.

 

[BallBoy]

If you look closer at the lower pistol it is definitely a flintlock.

 

[mhb]

They both appear to be decorations, rather than working arms.


mhb - MIke

 

[frankie]

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thanks for the post

 

[TrapperDude]

Where’s the flint?

I wad about to ask the same thing. More over, what good is it with the frizzen open and the pan empty?

 

[oldwood]

The metal parts look die cast.. They're more than likely decorations.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Ah come on guys! Can't you spot a modern Russian sidearm when you see one? Geez, no wonder they're getting whipped!

 

[oldwood]

Those pistols could be powdered up full , and fuse inserted ,might just wreck a Russian vehicle , if thrown inside.........

 

[deerstalkert]

made by Kalashnacopies.

 

[Phil Coffins]

Posed, everything is new and clean.

 

[RanchRoper]

Yes, but the question we're all dying to ask is.....how do they clean them?

 

[deerstalkert]

Vodka of course! Stoli's will dissolve BP fouling instantly! and tastes spicy afterwards!

 

[toot]

how about the canvas home made holsters? it took some serious time to get them up and running. real guns are not allowed over there, so he probably relieved them from a civilians house? and these are his war booty. so soldiers in combat some things never change? jmho.

 

[Banjoman]

It’s fairly easy to tell by zooming in that the soldier has no cap on the top one which is a percussion gun. The soldier is obviously searching for some percussion caps since Pyrodex is still available there.

The second gun is a flintlock which has a dry ball stuck in the barrel. He is looking for someone to show him how to remove the stuck ball. He would have shot it out but he lost the flint and cannot find any real black powder. He’s trying to find a suitable flint and some real black powder since publications in that area have stated that Pyrodex will not work reliably in a flintlock.

Just my professional opinion,,,,,,,

 

[ryoung14]

You look for flint? Backward American! Is set off by cell phone.