A few months ago, the Military and Police Forces of Santa Catarina, Brazil, posted a Facebook video of an officer describing how an improvised 12 gauge sledgehammer would be fired. Like many home built weapons, the action is a simple spring loaded design that uses the handle as a barrel. The user unscrews the tube handle, places a single shell into the “chamber”, screws it back on to the head of the tool and cocks the firing pin.

The design seems simple but effective, hiding the weapon in the palm of a “laborers” hand.

Be safe guys.

Facebook Mobile Video of The “AOW Sledgehammer” Here

From Santa Catarina’s Wikipedia Page: and

[Santa Catarina’s] social indicators are the best in Latin America, besides being the Brazilian state with the highest levels of income, education and public health, and one of the lowest rates of illiteracy. Santa Catarina boasts Brazil’s highest average life expectancy and lowest homicide rate in addition to lower levels of corruption. The cities of the state are also considered some of the most livable in the country, enjoying a reputation of being “clean, safe and organized”.