[rktman]

Tedious work by hand. Better that a zip gun? You go first. :>}

[Olog-hai]

“Second world”? The old Communist bloc is still with us, then? The second world has always been about arms production.

[SMARTY]

No food, no proper shelter, no hospitals or medical attention, no schools, no paved streets, no heated homes, no indoor plumbing... etc. But EVERYONE has a weapon.

Right.

Weapons making is THE cottage industry there. Always was.

[vladimir998]

Years ago I watched a news segment of documentary about gun makers in Pakistan. An old man made an L1A1 - by hand - out of scrap metal from a ship. I was stunned.

[Blue Jays]

They are clearly very industrious in the region where this was video was taken.
It would certainly be interesting to see one of these firearms live to see the level of workmanship just for kicks.

[headstamp 2]

This is a testament to the idiot gun banners these days that think they can eliminate firearms worldwide.

[Lurker]

Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I remember footage from Peshawar back when Reagan was funding the Mujahadeen to go after the Soviets. Blacksmiths with fire pits and tools right out of the Old West making functional knock-offs of AK-47s.

[Blood of Tyrants]

With each part being had fitted, I guess that the concept of universal parts is beyond them. Also notice that there wasn’t so much as a pair of calipers in the whole video.

[Vendome]

Kewel!!!

Homeland was incredible last night!!!

[wetphoenix]

I was actually holding a hand-made Pakistani Colt1911 and PPSh-41 clones in my hands. It is a huge industry there and both quality and price varies greatly. Some pieces are crappy and crude, other are literally a masterpieces.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I dig the soundtrack, but I count at least five OSHA violations there.

[Temujinshordes]

I would imagine that the QA is sorta like that for parachute riggers: You packed them, you jump with one. But in this case, it would be: You made it, you fire it first.

[Oatka]

Years ago I read of similar operations when the Brits were in India, Pakistan or Afghanistan.

They reported that the tribesmen were ripping up the railroad rails for steel and turning them into excellent copies of Martinis or Lee Enfields. Fired bullets were salvaged, the rifling filed off, and reloaded. Dunno what they used for primers, but in the later years, camera or movie film were chopped up and used for powder. One officer reported the gunfights with this ammo was “quite spectacular”.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

They are highly skilled, got to give them that.