Expedient Homemade firearms

Prototype Design Drawings

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(Measurements in millimetres unless otherwise stated)

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f fo ol ll lo ow wi in ng g d de es si ig gn n ! !
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r re eq qu ui ir re em me en nt t. .

T Th he e R Re ec ce ei iv ve er r. .

The receiver is basically a steel tube into which the other component parts are
fitted. It consists of a 9 (233mm) length of 15.88mm (5/8) x 1.5mm steel tubing,
as illustrated below. Into this tube a slot is cut, either by drilling a series of
interconnecting holes first, and then trimming the slot to shape with a file, or (for
the lucky individual) cut using a milling machine, if available! The slot should be
in width and will accept the breech block handle in due course. The slot is 98mm in
length, starting 67mm from any end of the tube.









C Co om mp po on ne en nt t P Pa ar rt ts s
( (T Th he er re e a ar re e o on nl ly y t th hr re ee e c co om mp po on ne en nt t p pa ar rt ts s t to o t th he e w we ea ap po on n) )

1. Barrel
2. Breech Block
3. Breech Plug
4. Mainspring


67 98
Small Cut out in rear of slot to allow the weapon to be cocked.
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B Ba ar rr re el l C Co on ns st tr ru uc ct ti io on n. .

The Barrel can be nothing more than a short length of steel Airgun
barrel, turned to a diameter of 12.70mm (). The length of the barrel is
75mm. One end of the barrel is chambered using a 5.8mm diameter drill
bit to accept the .22 rimfire cartridge.










B Br re ee ec ch h B Bl lo oc ck k

The breech block is just a 58mm long section of diameter mild steel
bar. Into one end of the block a firing pin is fitted, made from a short
length of 2mm diameter drill shank. The pin must be carefully fitted so
as to be in the correct position to detonate the .22 rimfire cartridge.




















75mm

58mm

Near to one end of the breech block a Dia hole is drilled
to accept the breech block cocking handle. The handle
consists of a simple steel pin about 1 in length.
FIRING PIN
BARREL
Breech Block
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M Ma ai in ns sp pr ri in ng g

The mainspring powers the breech block and should be reasonably
strong. I designed this gun to use a spring about 8- 9mm in diameter
and made from 20 gauge wire.

T Th he e B Br re ea ac ch h P Pl lu ug g

The breech plug is responsible for holding the spring and breech block
in place. It consists of nothing more than a 1 x spring pin.
The pin is held in place by a 6mm diameter steel bolt and nut which
passes through the receiver from side to side, as illustrated below.



F Fu ul ll ly y A As ss se em mb bl le ed d


Pull back cocking handle and turn to right to cock weapon.
Load cartridge. When ready to fire disengage handle using thumb or
finger Bang!

Pull Back Handle
Bolt












This design may be very simple, but I think it would be easy and quick
to build !




Breech Plug
(Spring pin retained with
nut and bolt)
Breech Block Barrel
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Prototype Design Drawings
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i in nd di iv vi id du ua al ls s a an nd d a ar rm ms s m ma an nu uf fa ac ct tu ur re er rs s. .



Armitage Pen Gun. www.lawdogs.8m.com/ catalog.html



Stinger Pen Gun. www.gurpsmaster.de/ undercover.htm



Mini Mag Light .22 Torch Guns. www.lawdogs.8m.com/ catalog.html
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American factory made Pen pistol. www.gurpsmaster.de/ undercover.htm




Unknown origin. Very nice homemade Pen Gun.
http://membres.lycos.fr/abpw/22-misc/pages/Pen_Gun1_by_Nobody.htm




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A .44 calibre Pen Gun. This is an old collectors piece made by the Lake Erie
Chemical Co. www.adrax.com/ watsons/pengun.htm