The Gun Markets of Pakistan (Video)

VBS TV ^ | December 21, 2008

[2ndDivisionVet]

Very interesting video (7 minutes, 46 seconds long). A little profanity, so be warned. Almost unbelievable that these guns can be made by hand. The prices will make you cry..LOL

[2ndDivisionVet]

Enjoy.

[org.whodat]

Have been there!! And have watched the kids make the guns!! Except the most popular then was the 303 British.

[Doc91678]

The Pakistanis have been doing this for hundreds of years. They'll make any type of firearm you want. Can't swear to how long the guns are usable though.

[jongaltsr]

Watched a Pakistani gentleman pick out scrap metal (spoons, pots, etc) and melt them - pore them into a form for a pistil for a Saudi General. Once filled he heated the casting to guarantee no cool parts in the molten interior. Slowly cooled the form over many days, then separated the pieces, bore out the mussel and chambers. Grind down (all of this was done with files and hand drills) the exterior and individual pieces. Re-plate everything with a high chromium mixture. Re smooth everything and calibrate until the pistol was complete. It took him almost 2 months to complete just one pistol and he probably made less than 2000 Rials ($600) but it was a lot of money for him. He was one of the best. Just wish that I took pictures.

[MindBender26]

RE: You can’t defeat them.

Split a few atoms.

[P8riot]

Saw this about a week ago. If it gets really bad in the US, this scene may be repeated here many times over.

[Fido969]

They will put so much pressure on the factory arms manufactuirers that the cottage industry will spring up by itself.

[P8riot]

Anyone with access to a machine shop will be golden.

[yazoo]

Went up to Peshawar a few times and saw them make them. Look real but quality is not so good.

[smokingfrog]

They make guns with their bare hands -- right!

Wonder how often one of those rounds goes off when they're beating it with a hammer?

[burnitup]

I had wondered about an underground market for firearms if the Feds make guns or ammo prohibitively expensive.

What if I set up a machine shop and built my own firearms? How is this any concern of the federal government if it isn’t interstate commerce? 10th Amendment anyone remember that?

[marktwain]

Guns are 15th century technology, 19th century if you want to push it. Americans with power tools and access to much better materials and know-how could do much, much better than the craftsmen in Peshawar.

There will not be a shortage of illegal guns in America.

[JoeFromSidney]

Paladin Press has quite a few books on home workshop manufacture of guns, including full auto. Get the books while you can.

Disclaimer: I have no connection with Paladin Press.

[Fido969]

What if I set up a machine shop and built my own firearms?

I'd check first, but I think you can build a firearm for your own use, as long as it isn't fully-automatic, but you can't sell that to someone else.

[Karliner]

Saw some Indonesians do this..melting down old Endfields( and whatever else) or cutting the barrels and using partials.They cut out the tongues there also for obvious reasons..of course this was near on 30 years ago.

At least their 2nd Ammendment( ha ha) rights are not anywhere near possibly severed like the milquetoast soon to be Rezident prezident, Relosi and Reid ad nauseam...