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The Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi
About this video
A VICE report from 2011 in which Suroosh Alvi revisits the gun markets in Pakistan's tribal areas, a stronghold of the Taliban. It shows weapons being made and sold by hand and a country described as a powder keg.
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HN uses it as a visual reference for hand-built firearms and craft gunsmithing, especially in threads on 3D-printed and home-made guns.
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VICE video from 2011 on the same gun markets of Pakistan, I started following VICE after I saw that video. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Don't even need a CNC machine (or any hi tech device) to build lethal automatic weapons: [VIDEO] Craftsmanship, experience and raw materials only are needed.
Read original comment ↗Interesting! There are videos: [VIDEO] [LINK] Of course firearms were made in pre-industrial times, and it's fascinating to see how: (just how do you chamber a gun accurately by hand?) [LINK] But how would a technologically savvy first world person do it? These days you can buy a "gunsmithing" lathe for your garage workshop. Check out this video by Shiraz Balolia, CEO of Grizzly Industrial (they sell Chinese made industrial equipment to home shop machinists): [LINK] I was going to link to Joe Pieczynski's excellent machining videos on how to make an AR-15, but it looks like there are new YouTube guidelines: [LINK] In any case, the information is widely available (and check out his other videos if you want improve your machining skills).
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