Partially constructed illegal firearms seized (Macapa, Brazil)

“The event took place this afternoon, 21/02/2018, Wednesday, around 12:50 pm, at Av. Antônio Ferreira de Jesus, Novo Horizonte district, Macapá-AP municipality. After receiving anonymous reports about a homemade weapons workshop, the team traveled to a home at the address mentioned. At the scene, the military found a 24-year-old man handling a piece of weaponry. He admitted that he made the objects. During the search they were found two homemade weapons, one similar to shotgun and another to revolver. Two ammunition of calibers 20 and 38 and notebooks with designs of firearms were also seized. “

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Simple homemade double barrel .38 pistol

A conventional .38spl revolver alongside an improvised 2-shot alternative. On this example the rectangular barrel is swung to the side to load and is fired by flicking closed two spring loaded strikers with the thumb. Bog simple but effective.

Improvised submachine guns seized in Maceio, Brazil

Eight crude improvised SMGs seized along with narcotics in Maceió, Brazil, Dec 2017.

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Personal protection pole / steering wheel lock in attractive fire hydrant-red.

Homeless man’s improvised automatic .380 handgun

This .380 automatic pistol was brandished on construction workers by a man living in a shipping container on site who had on several occasions entered the firm saying he could not stand the noise and dust that the trucks were making. After being arrested he told police that he had originally built the gun to defend himself.

Homemade .22lr machine pistol seized in SP, Brazil

A homemade .22lr machine pistol seized last week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This compact example appears to have a lower receiver carved from wood. Its magazine appears to be missing.

Front view revealing bolt face detail.

Magazine-well.

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