Amazing "Shed Guns"

I love this! Pity the person is not very good at making it more reliable.

When folks rant about the need to control those bad, nasty guns... I remind them. There is no magic to making a firearm from some bits of scrap and a few simple tools.

My fave example of the baddies simply not playing along with the good intentions of the grabbers, is this...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-05/tradie-charged-over-homemade-guns-for-gang/4111600

Now, if we look close at this rather nicely made item, we notice a few thing. It is full auto and suppressed. Both are, of course, serious no no's under present law and regulations. However, baddies tend not to worry too much about breaking laws... Kind of why they are baddies, you know. ;):rolleyes: So, if you are going to break some serious laws for lots of money, why not break a bunch of serious laws for lots of money, eh?

In the case sighted in the article, by pushing "control of guns", the Aussies have effectively lost nearly all control over guns.;)
 
3D printing is becoming popular and is expected to become very affordable and assessable to the average person in the near future. You can basically 3d scan many gun parts and then push print. Or download "blueprints" to print out.

3D Printed Guns
http://youtu.be/DconsfGsXyA
 
Indeed they are, deepcreek!

It does seem that good old Chaos Theory has a thing or two to say about "Gun Control".;)
 
Dalek, I didn't hear anything about how reliable these guns are.

The craftsmanship looked pretty exceptional for a backyard shop or otherwise. It looks as good and probably functions as well as any other 1911 that comes off a production line, only these are hand built by someone that really seems to know his craft.

Necessity is the mother of invention. When gun control laws become so strict that you can not buy guns, people figure out how to build them and people still have guns in the end.
 
Well, in the cases I mentioned, they seem to run the field from prime examples of well made firearms to junk.

From personal experience, having worked for an FFL that had a build license as well, making a reliable Sten from scratch is not that much of a challenge. Making a legal semi auto as opposed to an illegal full auto is the hard part. Full auto is a lot easier until you face 10 yrs with the Fed.:eek:

I do know that it is a growing underground industry in places like India and, in the Philippines, one maker of contraband guns got so good at it, they went legit.

Worth a read.

http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/02/24/912574/paltik
 
I know nothing about backyard Philippine guns, but they make excellent pool cues....many better than CNC guys in the US.

Same issues the cues have, the guns will likely have. In cues, it is all about stabilizing the wood. Only the top few know this technology.

With guns, it will be about using the right metals. You can form a 45 ACP 1911 from an old chunk of ship, but will that be good enough to handle the abuse of firing it? They will learn and eventually get it worked out. That guy is just showing us what we can do if we want to work REAL hard.

How do you think Turkish shotguns are made? Any idea why they break and have no spare parts?
 
All good points, Nathan but, keep in mind, the backyard dogs are not for collecting, hunting or target shooting. They are meant solely for those who intend to use them for either crime (most likely) or revolution.

Consider the "Four Winds Shotgun", so popular in the Philippines during WW2. Nothing more than a single shot made from a few short lengths to pipe, an end cap and a nail. Nothing you might want to take for skeet but, effective enough to earn yourself an Arisaka or a Nambu.;)

Russian housewives were banging PPSH's together in their battered homes even as the Germans were advancing.

Of course, we see better examples of homemade firearms coming from those trained in the craft who happen to have better tools and materials.
 
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