• The Handmade Guns of Chechnya

    Friday, June 15th, 2007

    Biggs is the East Cost Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at... → Learn More

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    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]

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