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> A gun is a fairly complex device to make. Far from it. It takes me a day to build an off the books AK pattern rifle out of a blank receiver. I have a lot of
by fein 11y ago
> A gun is a fairly complex device to make.
Far from it. It takes me a day to build an off the books AK pattern rifle out of a blank receiver. I have a lot of tools for working on my car, and that got me enough stuff (basically a hydraulic press and a drill press) to make them.
It's even easier to make a zip gun. If you're curious, take a look at the /r/guns subreddit for what they call the "gunnit rust" competition. It's basically a showcase of home made weapons.
Or if you want to get into the really interesting stuff, check out Khyber Pass firearms
- mikeash 11y agoI never knew about Khyber Pass guns. Interesting Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy I loved this part in particular: "It's not uncommon to see Khyber Pass rifles with numerous errors and particular identifying factors, notably: Spelling errors in the markings (the most common of which is EИFIELD for ENFIELD)" It's just like Chinese knockoff electronics, except instead of phone accessories it's deadly weapons.
- fein 11y agoKhyber Pass guns are even a different class than Chinese knockoffs. The Chinese actually have QC'd factories for pushing out pretty damn good AK's. Norinco is a well known Chinese AK manufacturer.
- acveilleux 11y agoKhyber pass stuff is all hand-made in primitive conditions. By now Norinco has probably produced more AK and variant rifle than Russia both for the chinese army and for export to every 2nd and 3rd world country out there.