Thread: Guns in Laos

Originally Posted by Cordite

@gundoc

Yes, total gun control does not work, as simple guns are... simple! You can't eradicate knowledge of how guns work.

Interesting, with real "long guns" sights are unnecessary. More to the point, relatively quiet too.

About "banning all guns", here's about the simplest breech loader you can think up:

For NZ minimum length read 30 inches -- unless, of course, you're a criminal.

Yep! I made one similar except it had a screw-locked breech and a simple spring-loaded firing pin. It was made in less than 1/2 an hour from standard pipe fittings and was used in a court case a few years ago. I fired it several times and it is now gracing the office wall of a well-known firearms dealer.

Originally Posted by gundoc

Yep! I made one similar except it had a screw-locked breech and a simple spring-loaded firing pin. It was made in less than 1/2 an hour from standard pipe fittings and was used in a court case a few years ago. I fired it several times and it is now gracing the office wall of a well-known firearms dealer.

@gundoc

Have occasionally mused over making one myself, in 410 g to be safer with the pressures. Would have a very small footprint in the gun safe and provide a potential use for my .303 splitneck cases. The main challenge is a simple safety, since a complex safety defeats the idea of the simple build. Of course, "Don't load until ready to fire" does meet that requirement... o-:>

Anyway, I'm curious, what did your half-hour Sumpak get used to illustrate to the Court?