Homemade .50-caliber rifle seized in Southern California, 1 arrested
ktla ^ | 10/13/2026 | John Ross Ferrara

Posted on 10/13/2026 6:58:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Authorities in southwest Riverside County recently seized a homemade .50-caliber rifle capable of firing Browning Machine Gun rounds, the City of Menifee Police Department said Tuesday.

The gun was fully functional and “lacked several important safety components” usually found in manufactured guns, making the rifle especially hazardous, according to police.

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1 posted on 10/13/2026 6:58:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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It could put an eye out!

2 posted on 10/13/2026 7:01:53 PM PDT by PGR88

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To: PGR88

LOL!

3 posted on 10/13/2026 7:02:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)

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To: PGR88

Looks well made for a rudimentary firearm. I was expecting some electrical conduit, a nail, and a spring.

4 posted on 10/13/2026 7:05:27 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)

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To: BenLurkin

Shall not infringe!

5 posted on 10/13/2026 7:05:42 PM PDT by for-q-clinton

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To: BenLurkin

Yeah, you couldn’t pay me to fire that thing. Wow.

6 posted on 10/13/2026 7:07:43 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)

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To: BenLurkin

If they left the guy alone he probably would have won a Darwin Award! lol

7 posted on 10/13/2026 7:18:21 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )

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To: BenLurkin

Scott from Kentucky Ballistics wants nothing to do with this bad boy.

8 posted on 10/13/2026 7:21:10 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim

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To: Governor Dinwiddie

...and with that particular cartridge, only once.

9 posted on 10/13/2026 7:21:44 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)

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To: BenLurkin

Hold my beer while I fire this thing….

10 posted on 10/13/2026 7:27:12 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )

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To: BenLurkin

I’m not seeing a trigger or anything resembling a conventional bolt handle. Bet this makes one of Brandon Herrera’s “cursed gun images” videos.

11 posted on 10/13/2026 7:34:41 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)

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To: FreedomPoster

Ear wax gone, sinuses cleared, eyes tear flushed, what’s not to like. Ya some kinda wimp? Take it like a man. Then crawl behind the couch and say f****king meow!

12 posted on 10/13/2026 7:36:26 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)

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To: Equine1952

ROFL!

13 posted on 10/13/2026 7:45:48 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)

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To: BenLurkin

In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"

14 posted on 10/13/2026 7:47:33 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)

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To: BenLurkin

In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"

15 posted on 10/13/2026 7:49:11 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)

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In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"

16 posted on 10/13/2026 7:49:17 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)

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Home made with that powerful of a round ?
Seems like it would blow the barrel up the first time they used it

17 posted on 10/13/2026 7:49:28 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don't really care, Margaret.” )

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Might make a great spring gun.

For the shed out back.

18 posted on 10/13/2026 7:53:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)

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To: HereInTheHeartland

Achmed the Dead Terrorist ain’t scared.

19 posted on 10/13/2026 7:53:39 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)

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To: BenLurkin

Why arrest the guy?
Just let him fire it, problem solved.

20 posted on 10/13/2026 7:56:43 PM PDT by samiam5

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