mancat 2,368 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Edited April 27, 2014 by mancat 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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mancat 2,368 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 that's weird.. I edited the original post, the edited version showed up, and now the forum dropped the edit. fixed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akastormi 617 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 OK, that was cool to watch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Yes it was, I thought production would be much more automated. I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. Edited April 27, 2014 by ChileRelleno 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LuPiN8oR 333 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Man, i have to see that movie now! That was awesome! The first vid was neat as hell too! ETA: i will never look at my steel mags the same way again. I had no clue the amount of hands on work they required. Edited April 27, 2014 by LuPiN8oR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Yes it was, I thought production would be much more automated. I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. That was some pretty mediocre cg. Always struck me more as the opening of a video game than a big budget movie. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big John! 2,062 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Not a safety goggle or ear protection in the house. Nutting but dude working with green monsters. Pure porn! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeAK 337 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. My favorite movie intro, and one of my favorite movies ever. The AK mags were pretty interesting, wonder if CSSpecs does it in a similar way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. My favorite movie intro, and one of my favorite movies ever. The AK mags were pretty interesting, wonder if CSSpecs does it in a similar way. I wear safety glasses, and my presses have fairly modern safety systems on them, air clutches, anti-tie down push buttons ect... But yes its a very similar process. We use four presses and exchange tooling rather than having a couple dozen machines. Our welding method is slightly different, however looking at it I think our way is more accurate. I plan show the process of making Vepr-12 mags at the end of the video series of developing them.. Should be an interesting video (it won't be as well done as these guys). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mancat 2,368 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Yes it was, I thought production would be much more automated. I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. it IS a cool sequence for movie-goers who don't know anything about guns, but... - the cartridge never receives a primer or a powder charge, so it would be pretty useless overall - brass-cased soviet-manufactured ammo? - thousands of cartridges standing on their own on soviet-era conveyor belts? - spot the med-speed diesel generator. it doesn't know what it's doing there either. - anyone that ever opened a crate of soviet surplus knows that it's actually pretty damn neatly-packed, not just dumped into a crate otherwise it is a GREAT movie, one of the few Nick Cage movies that I think he was a perfect fit for. next time you watch it, pay close attention to the huge racks of AKs when he talks to his first Russian contact... look really closely at them Edited April 27, 2014 by mancat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) I turned that video off less than 2 minutes into it. Literally could not watch any more. I have on going nightmares of morphing--coming alive zombie fashion--evil killing 1930s era heavy machinery trying to chase me down and chew me up. Even the color in the video is the same industrial green I see in my nightmares. Wow...is that industrial machinery OLD.... and very dangerous. See the older gentleman actually having to squat and lean forward to feed sheet steel into the drop sheer? Some of the belts and pulleys do not even have safety guards around them! That production shop is an accident waiting to happen. My read only. Yikes!! HB of CJ (old coot) Probably no heat either. See the heavy clothing? Gloves? Hats? More Yikes! No thank you... I would pass working there. The Nick Cage film used, I believe, a carrot processing machine. They had guys behind it tossing finished loaded 39 ammo into the inspection chutes. They faked it. No way is actual ammo loaded that way. We all, (most of us) have toured the big Winchester and Lake City ammo plants watching the automated machines loading up all sorts of ammo...much fun to watch. Edited April 28, 2014 by HB of CJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mancat 2,368 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Are you serious about the nightmares? That's crazy if true. If the intro zoom-in on the video is accurate, the factory is in Bosnia. May not even be a real production facility, but just a small collection of the proper machinery to do it, taken from a larger retired factory. You'd think a production line for AK mags would be quite a bit bigger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Russian manufacturing processes can be interesting, especially in former client nations today. Sometimes small batch shops are very popular. We toured some stuff in Albania that would literally look just dandy... in England in 1820, right out of some old excellent Charles Dicken's book. All that was missing was some orphan kids by the name of Oliver Twist...running the dangerous machinery. HB of CJ (old coot) Edited May 4, 2014 by HB of CJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shandlanos 1,470 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes it was, I thought production would be much more automated. I always like the beginning of Lord of War, following a 7.62x39 round through production, export & final use. I wonder if that is a real plant, of course not, but cool none the less. it IS a cool sequence for movie-goers who don't know anything about guns, but... - the cartridge never receives a primer or a powder charge, so it would be pretty useless overall - brass-cased soviet-manufactured ammo? - thousands of cartridges standing on their own on soviet-era conveyor belts? - spot the med-speed diesel generator. it doesn't know what it's doing there either. - anyone that ever opened a crate of soviet surplus knows that it's actually pretty damn neatly-packed, not just dumped into a crate otherwise it is a GREAT movie, one of the few Nick Cage movies that I think he was a perfect fit for. next time you watch it, pay close attention to the huge racks of AKs when he talks to his first Russian contact... look really closely at them You don't even need to look that closely to see what they really are It's definitely worth czeching out. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very cool video. Thanks for posting. Liked the music too. Almost haunting. I'll never look at my mags the same way again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrThunder88 912 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Beautifully shot and assembled video. I didn't even realize they were "Yugo" mags at first, but looking at the followers again, it makes sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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