Ever play video games and look at the odd, futuristic and/or steampunk weapons and say “Wow, wouldn’t it be great if that were real?” Well, just head over to war-torn Chechnya where you can enjoy the thrill of firing a pirated, hand-made Dirty-Harry-style Magnum with all the excitement of having it blow up in your hand.
These guns were confiscated by the Russian Army and show a blatant disregard for the value of interchangeable parts and a sense that grandpa is probably doing something more than fixing the Trabant out in the garage — he’s probably hand molding gun parts for damn fool guerrillas.
Chechen Self-Made Weapons [EnglishRussia via the Boing]
A few look like potato cannons with a touch of tetanus, simply put comical, but I wonder how many of those have ever been used in their, ehm, rejuvenated, bodies…
I can’t imagine them being too accurate, much less safe.