• Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Are these gold plated bullets ? That has to be the most expensive expanding bullets “tech” ever

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        The boolets look pretty normal surprisingly enough, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t. Whoever Saudi prince bought this thing probably wasn’t thinking about cost or practicality all that much

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          Yeah I actually zoomed in after commenting and they look pretty much exactly like the 7.62 PS in Tarkov (never seen a 7.62x39 IRL so that’s my best point of reference ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). I just thought they were also gold at a glance because they are included in the carrying case (and there aren’t even enough to fill half the mag that looks like a 30-rounder)

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        4 months ago

        Laughs in defense contractor

        disclaimer: I don’t work for a defense contractor

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      4 months ago

      That is a gilded SAKO RK-95.

      I saw one on display in the late 90’s, they were a special batch ordered by the Royal Guard of the Arab Emirates or Quatar, if memory serves correctly. The image does not give away how mindblowingly cool it was in real world.

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      I was mistaken. It is not RK-95 but some other AK variant, as OP clearly points out in the comments.