Seized in earlier this month in Espirito Santo.
Illicit .380 machine pistol
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Airsoft pistol combined with .22lr conversion kit
Since drafting this Ontario police have arrested and charged multiple individuals involved in the manufacture and distribution of handguns assembled in an identical manor, likely being the source of the examples below.
A firearm seized from a male suspect on 28th August in the city of Mississauga, Ontario CA appears at first glance to be conventional though is in fact illicitly manufactured from a combination of non-firearm parts. The body of the weapon including the frame (receiver) and trigger mechanism is that of a common gas powered replica Colt 1911 6mm airsoft / .177 BB pistol which is manufactured in Taiwan. The ‘F’ within a pentagon mark present on the frame indicates a muzzle energy not exceeding 7.5 J (5.5 ft⋅lbf) usually added in accordance with German law. This appears to have been combined with a conventional .22lr slide which is branded with a Blue Line Solutions logo and made in Germany, likely by GSG (German Sports Guns). All parts required in this case are available as conversions kits from the likes of GSG and others which usually include the slide, barrel and magazine, ready to drop onto an unmodified full-bore 1911 pistol frame assembly to allow the use of smaller .22lr cartridges. In this case very little modification is required to the airsoft frame to allow the .22lr conversion parts to function, the results having been documented by in videos and forum posts the past.
A number of identical conversions have been recently seized by Toronto Police:
The example below was seized in June:
Other examples seized this year:
Below: The result of a successful test firing of an identical conversion demonstrated in a video posted to Youtube:
Never enough barrels.
Earlier this year police in Medina Minas Gerais received a call that a man was firing firearms on a public highway. Upon arriving at the scene police encountered a 52 year old man with a shotgun and after searching his house discovered four more homemade firearms. This quad barrel favela sweeper definitely takes pride of place.
Sheet metal semi auto pistol seized in Brazil
A homemade .380 semi-automatic pistol more than likely based on the widely available DIY Sheet Metal Self-Loading Pistol plans. This example was seized in September in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo.
Silenced Owen SMG copy
A silenced copy of the Australian Owen 9mm submachine gun made using some original parts with a shorter receiver and the magazine position switched to below. Three copies were seized along with parts to make six more during a raid on an underground weapon workshop in Melbourne in 2004.
Improvised pistol made using airgun barrel
An improvised .22lr single shot pistol seized in Brazil. The barrel and front hinging section cut off from an airgun appears to have been utilized.
Homemade machine pistol seized in San Barnardo, Chile
A compact homemade submachine gun / machine pistol seized in Chilean city of San Barnardo in September 2018 which shows influence from both the MAC-11 and Micro UZI. This model does not appear to make use a telescoping bolt thus severe muzzle rise is to be expected.
Below: Identical model seized along with a silencer in the municipality of Alto Hospicio in 2014:
Mexican pen shotgun
Who needs various body parts?
Impro Guns 