The Tiger King

A favela take on the Taurus Judge, or perhaps the original prototype.

Artsrun SMG

A submachine gun made by former Armenian Ministry of Defence Press Secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan who built it while studying in the military in the late 1990s.

Webinar: A Century of Homemade Arms (Dec 15)

Virtual Symposium: A Century of Homemade Arms

This one-day, virtual symposium will be hosted online by Armament Research Services, beginning at :
1000 hrs U.S. Central Time on 15 December 2021.

The event is open to the public, but pre-registration is essential. Register to attend here.

Homemade shotgun (Brazil 17/5/19)

A homemade shotgun seized by police which is a ‘turn barrel to lock’ type. The lock in this case is a small lug welded onto the chamber end of the barrel.

Gun maker arrested in Saxony

A 75 year old German man in Saxony was recently arrested for home gunsmithing activities:

“The Saxon police found four self-made weapons in a 75-year-old man from Zwickau. The man made the weapons with the help of a computer-assisted milling machine, a lathe, a 3D printer, welding equipment and other tools, as the police in Zwickau announced on Friday.

The police became aware of the suspect in connection with an international investigation into the fight against the illegal arms trade. The 75-year-old had ordered weapon parts that were prohibited in Austria. Officers then ransacked his home.

As a marksman, he legally owned four long guns and three short guns. He also had a permit to reload ammunition independently. However, the investigators also found five illegal weapons in the suspect, four of which he had built himself.

In addition, there is therefore an urgent suspicion that he manufactured silencers and other weapon parts. Among other things, 34 gun barrels, various grips, locks and several thousand rounds of ammunition were found during the search.

FGC-9 MK2 (Myanmar)

Another photo of a PDF fighter armed with a standard FGC-9 MK2.

Rebels in Myanmar fight junta using 3D Printed Guns

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A member of the PDF (People’s Defence Force) poses with a suppressed FGC-9 by Deterrence Dispensed, a 9mm semi automatic carbine which can be assembled anywhere in the world using a 3D printer and some steel tubing and springs from Aliexpress.

Captured FGC-9s from Military press report

Chinese Type 64 craft copy

A Chinese craft pistol loosely based on the indigenous Type 64 PPK copy.

Complexo Do ZB

Seized 26/11/2021.

Machine pistol seized by IDF

A shortened version of the mass produced ‘carlo’ model.