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From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: Gun manufacturing, the LoTech approach [was: Thunderbolts: How you might get them.]
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 01:43:16 -0400
Paul J. Adam wrote:

> In article <990824001306CT.01207@*****.iname.net>,
> runnerpaul@*****.com writes
> >I had a similar question, but from a different angle.
> >
> >Instead of something complex like a burst fire pistol, what would it
> >require to make cheap simple firearms, if say a barrens gang decided
> >one weekend that they wanted to tackle this sort of Do-It-Yourself
> >project? Nothing complex like a semi-auto or anything, maybe bolt
> >action at the most complex.
>
> Actually, a simple blowback SMG is one of the easiest weapons to knock
> out in quantity on basic machinery. <SNIP>

Not mass-produce, but just produce 1. Say you have lying around enough metal
pieces, could you make one into a gun with very limited equipment, like a
basic tool kit? That would be useful for a character I know...

>
>
> --
> Paul J. Adam



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