Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Wet Leicas
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Mon Aug 28 11:19:12 2006
References: <200608281212.k7SCCBX2000816@server1.waverley.reid.org> <E505B3DE-2611-4237-9A44-5C591D5B5A4F@optonline.net> <20060828181051.GP5806@jbm.org>

Also MG34 vs MG42.

Same principal. KISS.
;-)

Feli
On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:

> Yep.  Seems like a generalizable principle in mechanical design --  
> look
> at how the world is filled with AK47 clones, not M16 clones.
>
> Sure, there are other significant sociopolitical factors at work,  
> and of
> course some of our readers will feel their allergies flare up at the
> very mention of weapons (you'll note that I'm steering well clear  
> of any
> discussion of the social costs or benefits of the existence of these
> objects), but still: I'd contend that it can be strongly argued  
> that in
> this case Kalashnikov's crude-seeming device which rattles loosely  
> when
> you shake it, often works after having been buried in mud, and is
> manufactured largely using cheap stampings and wood -- rather than
> Stoner's high-tech, tight-tolerance main competitor -- has been  
> ratified
> by this particular "marketplace" as the more brilliantly functional
> industrial design.

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feli2@earthlink.net                                                      
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Wet Leicas)
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