Comments on: Homemade pistol made from 20mm cartridge http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/ Firearms not Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-15239 Jack Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:49:24 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-15239 I would theorize that this weapon was only intended to be used once. Recall the 'liberator' pistols made and distributed in small numbers by the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator You load it with a single, modest charge and ambush a lone enemy soldier. One shot at very close range and you can take that soldier's weapon and ammunition. Given that the case only needs to hold up to a single shot, I don't think that the idea of this pistol is totally insane in the context of someone who believes that they are fighting for their freedom. I would theorize that this weapon was only intended to be used once. Recall the ‘liberator’ pistols made and distributed in small numbers by the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

You load it with a single, modest charge and ambush a lone enemy soldier. One shot at very close range and you can take that soldier’s weapon and ammunition.

Given that the case only needs to hold up to a single shot, I don’t think that the idea of this pistol is totally insane in the context of someone who believes that they are fighting for their freedom.

]]> By: HashiriyaR32 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-12352 HashiriyaR32 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:23:42 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-12352 Haha!! I actually have the book that this image was a scan of! Haha!! I actually have the book that this image was a scan of!

]]> By: Squidpuppy http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11970 Squidpuppy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:40:06 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11970 I've seen pictures of this thing in numerous books now, notably in a DK book on firearm history; I'm very suspicious of it. None of the sources I've seen said much more than it was taken from this mythical EOKA partisan. Was it ever fired? Did the EOKA guy claim it was intended as an offensive weapon? Mightn't it have been nothing more than a magical morale totem? Who knows but it wasn't a toy the guy made for his kid? I wouldn't put it past the Brits and/or the Turks to have created this thing as disinformation propaganda. It's 1950 on Cypress, not some back water tribal locale in the middle of a jungle steeped in cargo cult mentality - these guys would've seen WW2 all around them only a few years earlier; would anyone really have been so unsavvy as to think this thing was a viable firearm? Perhaps only picture book publishers... I’ve seen pictures of this thing in numerous books now, notably in a DK book on firearm history; I’m very suspicious of it.

None of the sources I’ve seen said much more than it was taken from this mythical EOKA partisan. Was it ever fired? Did the EOKA guy claim it was intended as an offensive weapon? Mightn’t it have been nothing more than a magical morale totem? Who knows but it wasn’t a toy the guy made for his kid? I wouldn’t put it past the Brits and/or the Turks to have created this thing as disinformation propaganda.

It’s 1950 on Cypress, not some back water tribal locale in the middle of a jungle steeped in cargo cult mentality – these guys would’ve seen WW2 all around them only a few years earlier; would anyone really have been so unsavvy as to think this thing was a viable firearm? Perhaps only picture book publishers…

]]> By: Carl http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11895 Carl Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:34:28 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11895 I don't know about this <i>touch hole</i> business... It sounds kind of indecent if you ask me. I don’t know about this touch hole business… It sounds kind of indecent if you ask me.

]]> By: Carl http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11893 Carl Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:20:26 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11893 Let's hope the base of the cartridge holds up... Let’s hope the base of the cartridge holds up…

]]> By: Mu http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11892 Mu Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:18:09 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11892 Makes me wonder if this was not just a farmer's solution to bird removal. It probably survived ignition of a black powder charge with no projectile, basically an oversized "weinbergpistole", or small boeller. Makes me wonder if this was not just a farmer’s solution to bird removal. It probably survived ignition of a black powder charge with no projectile, basically an oversized “weinbergpistole”, or small boeller.

]]> By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11879 Matt Groom Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:37:23 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11879 Necessity is the mother of all invention. Sloth is the father. Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Sloth is the father.

]]> By: Brad http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/10/homemade-pistol-made-from-20mm-cartridge/#comment-11868 Brad Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:41:18 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7066#comment-11868 A small charge of black powder, wadding and a few buckshot pellets might have made for an effective load, though no more than a few feet range. A small charge of black powder, wadding and a few buckshot pellets might have made for an effective load, though no more than a few feet range.

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