Thread: Feeling sick after reading this !

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

When I was conducting the firearms safety lectures/exam for applicants for firearms licences in West Auckland back in the 1980s, the AO showed me an immaculately made stainless steel, semi automatic. 22 pistol. He asked me to tell him who the manufacturer was. There were no identifying marks on it, or the superb velvet-lined case it sat in. For those of you who are familiar with them, it was a clone of an AMT pistol. It had been taken off a drug dealer, and it had been made by "a very clever guy with a good workshop." It functioned perfectly and was very accurate, I was told. I wondered how many he had made.

I'm fairly well involved with cnc machining and one of my jobs involved engraving serial numbers on handgun frames that were LEGALY imported into OZ. Yes it would be quite easy to make high quality firearms but not worth it for an established machine shop to risk as this video shows quality isn't required https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH76VoI_hsw