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Vassili Zaitsev
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Hello Everyone.....

Post by Vassili Zaitsev » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:33 am

Hello Everyone,
I am from Bangalore and an airgun enthusiast.
I saw this forum and decided to join. I am Indian and from Kolkata, currently working here.
I don’t have any airgun of my own and planning to buy a soon. I have gone through most of the posts on the “Air Gun section” and found them very informative for a beginners like me.
Many posts were too technical for me but I am sure over a period of time I will be able to understand them clearly.
Thank you all.
Cheers!!!
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Re: Hello Everyone.....

Post by Vikram » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:36 am

Welcome to IFG Vassili,

For a moment I thought of someone from Urals shooting a Mosin-Nagant :lol: .Stay awhile, post often and hope you will have fun here.

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Post by m24 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:10 am

Welcome Vassili to the forum.

Regards
Jeff Cooper advocated four basic rules of gun safety:
1) All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.
4) Identify your target, and what is behind it.

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Post by Vassili Zaitsev » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:17 am

M4 and Vikram Thanks for warm Welcome...

Me too loooking for a lot of knowledge from the IFG...this is a unique place where i can get a lot of info all most about any fire arms.

Vikram, you got it very right..i am a true fan of the mighty Mosin-Nagant and the sniper flick "Enemy at the Gates".
I just think and rerun the entire movie and the sniper skills of both the German Sniper (Ed harris) and the my fav Vassili Zaitsev ( a young shephard boy from Urals)!!!!

Looking forward for more info from the team.

Thanks again.
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Post by timmy » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:57 am

Vassili: Welcome aboard! It is always nice to have a brother Mosin Nagant lover here.

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above: yours truly

Another marksman with the Mosin Nagant in WW2 was Simo Häyhä -- he actually is considered to be the top-scoring sniper of all time, although he used a number of weapons, including the Mosin Nagant.

Here is a link to a web page about him, if you are interested: Simo Häyhä
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Re: Hello Everyone.....

Post by goodboy_mentor » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:58 am

Welcome to IFG Vassili,

I am confident that you will find this site interesting. Do post often and let your friends also know about this site.

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Post by Sakobav » Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:51 am

Welcome aboard Vassili -- dang it thought like Vikram too

timmy thats a great story and how Finns faced upto Soviets albeit less known one..

another trivia Finish and Indian air force had common aircrafts in their stables the venerable Folland Gnat and MIG 21. Finnish didnt like the skittish Gnat but in IAF service earned the title ' Sabre Slayer' sorry for the OT.

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Post by m24 » Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:51 am

Thanks timmy for this great post on Simo, a man of sisu.

How's the Nagant faring?? You completed your projects as discussed in previous posts??

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Jeff Cooper advocated four basic rules of gun safety:
1) All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.
4) Identify your target, and what is behind it.

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Re: Hello Everyone.....

Post by Vassili Zaitsev » Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:11 pm

Hi Guys...........these are overwhelming for me.
Never knew within few posts i will be getting so much info and that’s why I like IFG very much !!!
Timmy that was a great piece of info and I also read about it in Wikipedia after I read it in the link you have provided. There is a photo of the person when he had recovered from the injury of the War...amazing. Request you to share more and more info on Mosin Nagant.
I like the gun you are holding and will be very grateful if you can provide more info.
Thanks goodboy_mentor and ngrewal for the news too and I am also an amateur aviation enthusiast so ngrewal thanks for the info too.
Looking forward to see you guys in the next post...
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Post by biking3819 » Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:19 pm

welcome aboard vassili! nice handle choice :) and how about this as a day's wallpaper-
http://www.olegvolk.net/newphotos/lifesavers/m39.jpg
regards sanjiv

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Re: Hello Everyone.....

Post by farhan.lateefi » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:11 am

A very warm welcome Vassili,

Keep posting and have fun.

Cheers
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Post by timmy » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:15 am

Vassili & m24: I will try to put up a post in response tomorrow in the rifle section.
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Re: Hello Everyone.....

Post by tingriman » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:04 pm

Welcome to IFG, have a pleasent stay


cheers,
tingriman

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Welcome to IFG, have a pleasent stay


cheers,
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