A locally made submachine gun seized in Ecuador in February 2019. The receiver is stamped MINI UZL – MADE IN USA.
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Improvised slam shotgun (Brazil)
A homemade 12 gauge slam type shotgun with the addition of a captive ‘pump’ barrel and loading window cut into the outer pipe.
Lae Police shoot dead gunman, homemade gun recovered
Police in Papua New Guinea’s second largest city of Lae shot dead armed man after his gang tried to rob vehicles. According to Police statement via social media, a “Special Response Unit (RSU) was patrolling the city roads when they came across three armed men. The three men were standing in the middle of the road, attempting to hold up vehicles travelling on the opposite of the freeway travelling outbound Lae. The three armed men had already stopped vehicles, leaving a long queue of vehicles trying to escape by negotiating how to turn around while some had pulled aside”.
One of the armed robbers was shot dead and homemade gun recovered at the scene. This is the second shooting in a matter of weeks in the same area.
Homemade SMG among weapons seizure in Pernambuco state, Brazil
A seemingly well made SMG among eight firearms seized from a fugitive in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco in 2017.
Two SMGs seized in Minas Gerais, Brazil
A crude homemade submachine gun seized last year in Minas Gerais with a plastic lower receiver typical of the current trend in these. Both likely originate from the same maker.
Improvised double barrel .38 pistol
Illegal firearm manufacturing in Alberta Canada
Police in Edmonton, Alberta seized a number of homemade and modified firearms from a property in St. Albert, among them a homemade derringer, MAC-10 submachine gun and revolving pepperbox appearing to be from the Practical Scrap Metal Small Arms series alongside a STEN and modified SKS rifle. Two men were arrested as part of an investigation into illegal firearm manufacturing.
