Slovenia-based Polenar Tactical has put up a funding campaign on Indiegogo to produce a series of AK training videos. Dubbed ‘AK Operator – The Modern Guide to a Legendary Rifle’, the video series will offer an in-depth overview of the AK platform, including its operation and shooting technique.
www.indiegogo.com/projects/ak-operator-the-modern-guide-to-a-legendary-rifle
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They seem like great guys and all and the end product sounds cool but I am still amazed by this crowdfunding thing. People actual donate money to a for profit business? One of the donation letters gets you a signed thank you letter. Really? All of these years I have been out working and producing something in order to get paid for it. Apparently I should have been just asking for money and talking about work I intended to do in the future.
Think of it as preordering a product that doesn’t exist yet. And might not exist if the project doesn’t reach its funding goal
Maybe instead of complaining about it on an industry forum you could give it a try yourself? Because yes, crowdfunding works and many businesses use it to make a product happen when the money just isn’t there.
Excuse me while I create some potable water with my H2Go, flip the caps open on my IO cover, and secure my door with the LockLocker.
Personally I like the idea of crowd funding. There are plenty of times that the idea/product would never see the light of day without the creator turning to consumers for raising the funds. A lot of the times as an early contributor, you can pick up said item for less than the MSRP when it opens to the public, months after you have it.
And it’s all about voting with your wallet. There are plenty of ideas that aren’t well thought out and end up going no where. Just look at that Cryptic Camouflage that SDD ran a story on last week. It looks like absolute shit, and it’s currently sitting at $0.00 raised.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/130021047/cryptic-camo-a-navy-veteran-that-loves-camouflage
It’s facism-lite
The cool thing about crowdfunding is that it eliminates chokepoints in funding things. You can have the best idea in the world and traditional funding methods may not be there due to any number of reasons. This is a way to get around that and let the market decide what gets funded and produced, without those bureaucratic or situational constraints.
So glad to see that they are practicing and demonstrating truly basic safety precautions.
I mean, everyone these days knows about keeping their booger-pickers off the trigger and the muzzle end pointed in the general direction of the targets. But this video, and even this promo clip, really hits the basics hard right from the get-go.
Proper use of safety equipment, including eye protection, armored plate carrier, and quality tactical gloves, while writing in a notebook.
Who in the tactical shooting community doesn’t remember a horrible episode from elementary school, perhaps involving sticking oneself in the hand with a ballpoint pen, or worse, a broken pencil lead flying towards one’s face? The hazards are myriad, and only proper focus on the fundamentals and constant use of safety equipment can mitigate the risk.
Kudos to these fine proponents of the AK platform for demonstrating such dedication to safety while writing a script asking for money for a future project.
I think the best part about them is they are not Americans so all the stereotypes that the anti gun crowd likes to throw out at us don’t hold up too well. They’re what 30 years free from Soviet rule. They can’t be caused of being white Christians slave owners etc plus have you seen Manca shoot
Haven’t these guys some kind of relationship with Instructor Zero?
I am sorry but I will keep away from everything related to ‘that guy’.
Care to explain?
Do you know who ‘that guy’ Instructor Zero is?
…And it’s already funded.
Even for promo shots, seeing eye and ear pro tells me a lot about the quality of the product, as does weapons handling.
These guys are solid. Glad to see them funded, looking forward to the final product.
Do you guys know what they’re background/experience is in being able to put out a credible training video? Are they former military, or just enthusiasts?
They’re need to shoot better then they talkn.