Guns of Kyber Pakhtunkkhwa

[Kirk Freeman]

Near the Federal Tribal areas of Pakistan is the Pashtun town of Darra. In the Adam Khel village, they make guns, all day, every day, often by hand, mostly one at a time.

(Video at link).

Pakistan Gunsmiths - The Firearm Blog

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Tagging for later.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Those guys can put out some outright awesome stuff by rubbing scrap metal on cinder blocks, and they reload ammunition with a hammer. We could learn some stuff.

 

[Lebowski]

That's awesome!

Was expecting some crude guns. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Very cool.

 

[BogWalker]

Khyber Pass Lee-Enfield No.1 MK 1 Display Rifle Gun Parts | 1136540 | Numrich Gun Parts

Numrich actually has some deactivated Khyber pass produced firearms for sale. I'm thinking about picking one up to add as a curiosity to my Lee-Enfield collection.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Was hard to watch, after 30 years of working at US Steel, all I seen was safety violations!!

 

[miguel]

Vice.com did a similar story some time ago: The Gun Markets of Pakistan | VICE | United States

 

[Tobryan]

I'd use a rock before I'd ever patronize those douchebags.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Oh, I'm not suggesting patronizing them, but if push comes to shove and we have to make what we need from rusty car parts with duct tape and cinder blocks, we should take what knowledge we can get, not be spoilt by our technology.

 

[Tobryan]

Roger that, just have a hard time accepting anything from that source.

 

[T.Lex]

How many of them are nicknamed "Lefty"?

 

[Moparracer89]

Having a hard time believing those weapons function well. Im sure there is a high turnover rate for employees.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Those weapons in the last little slide show appear to be finished quite well considering guys with files and hacksaws were building them. Maybe some steps were not shown.

 

[printcraft]

Was hard to watch, after 30 years of working at US Steel, all I seen was safety violations!!

What? You don't chuck parts by hand into a spinning lathe?
Think of all the time that saves.
What's the worst thing that could happen?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

What's the worst thing that could happen?

Well, they don't have to worry about neckties being caught in lathes.

 

[printcraft]

Well, they don't have to worry about neckties being caught in lathes.

Yeah, but the have a lot of long sleeves with those flowing man dress things.
They do look comfortable....... kind of like wearing your jammies all day.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Shalwar kameez. I got to know it from the UK, they called it the "Punjabi suit".

 

[Tula47]

Is it just me or did that underfolder's mag look too small to be 7.62x39 or 5.45?

 

[CountryBoy19]

That's awesome!

Was expecting some crude guns. Pretty neat stuff.

If you've ever seen them in person you would know that they ARE crude... they are functional, but crude. You can tell that many parts are ground/filed to shape from scrap metal etc...

Oh, I'm not suggesting patronizing them, but if push comes to shove and we have to make what we need from rusty car parts with duct tape and cinder blocks, we should take what knowledge we can get, not be spoilt by our technology.

They do that because they don't know any better... you/we know better. Even in a total collapse of society scenario the remains of our industrialized society can be used to make MUCH better "things" including guns. If push came to shove I could make a ground up firearm that looked and shot as good or better than the real thing in my garage on generator/solar power (with the exception of rifling a barrel)... I'm not the only one with that capability... there are MANY people that could do that sort of thing because living that lifestyle is their current way of life...

FWIW, rifled barrel blanks are the hardest part of any; that will be the most challenging part.