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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If I recall correctly, those are a quite rare AR-10 variant with single digit amounts still surviving. The featureless muzzle in this picture always catches my eye.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What makes this variant so rare?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The others were eaten by polar bears

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Rather than guess from memory, I looked it up.

The rifles were made on contract for KLM, and had a combination of features specific to that run. No one feature was too crazy, but this particular contract run of rifles was a small batch, and thus rare. 16 inch barrels with no muzzle device, semi-auto only, takedown pins on a chain.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

takedown pins on a chain

That's a thing?! That's so smart!!! I gotta look into an aftermarket version of that. Like, I don't expect to lose the takedown pin nor do I think I'll ever really find myself taking it out somewhere I would drop it, but can't hurt to make extra sure I can't drop it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The length of the chain may also be a detriment if you're carrying it anywhere it could snag.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What features would you otherwise find on a muzzle?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

flash hiders are common fittings.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A flashhider of some type would be seen on most variants sold by Armalite in the era.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

Deleted scene of Princess Leia on Hoth.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Needs those mittens with the separate trigger finger

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can’t find any images of a “whole hand gun trigger” or “gun trigger for mittens”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn, Princess Leah did not take the destruction of Alderman well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

This is on purpose right?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is such a cool woman

but damn she looks hotwearing that coat👀

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

She probably is hot wearing such a heavy coat, but it'll be needed under the same circumstances as the gun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"Flight attendant": 😕

"Stewardess": 😏