c/forgottenweapons · by FireTower@lemmy.world · 2y

Improvised Pistol Made w/ Staple Gun

This seized .22lr improvised hand was made by modifying a staple gun, like you would use for upholstery, with a bent piece of sheet metal. The common but unofficial explanation I found for this was it was made in a prison.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/01/30/peer-reviewed-forensic-analysis-weaponized-stapler-engineering-developments/

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Eegra@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That looks straight out of Fallout.

I recall a movie where some kids were menacing another kid with a bullet braced in a vice while they were waving a hammer over a nail placed opposite the business end of the cartridge. Life, uh, finds a way?

mvirts@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I remember that movie. Set in Bombed our WWII London I think? Don't remember the name

Seraph@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y

Hope and Glory

Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y

NGL, that's brilliant. Very little modification needed to simply set off and crudely direct a rimfire cartridge.

I did a couple of year stunt as an IT Director at a sheriff's office and detention center. I was amazed at what ingenuity a bored mind and plenty of time can yield.

stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

How to lose your fingies 101: diy guns

Vorticity@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I was going to ask if this had a chance of working. Reading the article you posted convinced me that, whether this one actually worked or not, it is certainly possible to make a working firearm from a stapler and some scrap metal. That's pretty neat, a little scary, and leaves me wondering why more people don't do this. Why aren't there gangs using these?

Steve@startrek.website · 11 pts · 2y

Real guns are easy to get

Auk@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

For something like the pictured gun you're probably not getting much more in the way of accurate range than just holding a knife, and a knife would be a lot more reliable.

I would also assume that if you can get hold of ammunition to load an improvised gun it's not that much more of a stretch to acquire an actual gun to put said ammo into.

CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Because it's easier to find a car covered in 2A stickers and pictures of AR15's and steal the guns out of it.