A taste of Russia

So over breakfast we organised our days activities. Visit S21 prison, the Killing Fields, and due to my morbid curiosity, a shooting range to fire the 'Avtomat Kalashnikova' 47. I was not prepared.

We got to the shooting range and the guy explained how the gun works and that the majority of these guns are reclaimed from the war in Cambodia. They also had Rocket Propelled Grenades, anti aircraft guns, tommy guns, uzzy, M-16 and AK-57's. Again... unbelievable. I went to shoot, dressed in my camo overalls and sporting my gun, i had 25 rounds. They took the longest time, first on single shot, but with a break between each shot to wipe the sweat and then we put it on automatic. I quickly got rid of the rest of the bullets. I was glad when i heard the final empty click.

It might sound a bit soft but this was not a happy experience, i really wanted to feel what it means to shoot this gun as it has caused so many deaths worldwide and is the favoured weapon in guerilla warefare.

Ticked that box. Done.