The Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as a visual reference for hand-built firearms and craft gunsmithing, especially in threads on 3D-printed and home-made guns.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2014 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sumedh · 2020-09 · on “The Last Gunsmiths of the Khyber Pass”
VICE video from 2011 on the same gun markets of Pakistan, I started following VICE after I saw that video. [this video]
Cites kelvin0 · 2014-10 · on “The $1,200 Machine That Lets Anyone Make a Metal Gun at Home”
Don't even need a CNC machine (or any hi tech device) to build lethal automatic weapons: [this video] Craftsmanship, experience and raw materials only are needed.
Cites jhallenworld · 2018-07 · on “Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month”
Interesting! There are videos: [this 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 vide