Homemade pistol as the last, but unconvincing argument. How to make a homemade airgun

"Ultima ratio regum" translated into Russian - "the last argument of the kings." These Latin words began to be minted on cannons back in time, but even today they can be seen on the trunks of quite modern guns. The past centuries have not changed the meaning of this expression, which has become winged: when all the arguments in the dispute between the two states are exhausted, the last method of persuasion is the armed force.

Not only kings and presidents are in conflict with each other, but also the most ordinary people, who cannot roll out formidable cannons as evidence of their superiority over their opponent. They just have to look for other ways to take revenge, and here much depends on the current legislation of a particular state. Most countries free sale firearms is prohibited, but this does not always stop those who want to shoot - by hook or by crook they are trying to acquire "pocket artillery", one of the examples of which is a home-made pistol. The creators of such weapons are mainly driven by a purely criminal interest, but it also happens that honest, but overly naive people use their inventive talents clearly for other purposes, and end up behind bars.

Specifications such handicraft weapons depend on the design talents and the degree of "bloodthirstiness" of its creator (or customer). It is enough for someone to have a homemade one that shoots plastic bullets (balls) and has more psychological than lethal effect. Such a weapon is based on the principle of pneumatics, that is, there is no combustion reaction of a certain amount of gunpowder in it - the charge is pushed out by force impact. There are also such “craftsmen” who create structures of monstrous caliber, size and appearance, similar to those that can be seen in fantastic action films. But upon closer inspection, this iron monster is nothing more than a homemade pistol. Such mechanisms pose a threat primarily to their owner, and here are the reasons why. Firstly, the illegal manufacture of firearms (as well as possession, sale, and the like) is a serious offense. Secondly, even the most ingenious gunsmith will not be able to assemble a reliable design in artisanal conditions, but a special danger is the "home" manufacture of ammunition. There is no guarantee that at the first shot the homemade pistol will not shatter into pieces, inflicting severe injuries on the shooter, or even depriving him of his life.

From all that has been said, it is obvious that the possession of something as specific as a homemade pistol is troublesome, risky, and simply illegal. Its effectiveness is extremely low, and there is no need to talk about the moral side. And therefore, the proud royal motto on the “self-propelled barrel” would look extremely inappropriate.

Since ancient times, self-propelled guns have been very popular among people, being not only a means of protection and hunting for a wild animal, but also a hobby that develops the accuracy, coordination and dexterity of its owner's movements. Today, crossbows made from syringes, felt-tip pens and clothespins are widely popular, they are the safest and easiest to manufacture. And yet, before making a crossbow at home, it would not be superfluous to recall that even the most primitive weapon, if used improperly, can cause irreparable damage, and therefore, when shooting at targets and making it, you should follow safety measures. A “pistol” made from a clothespin is the simplest type of homemade self-propelled gun, for the manufacture of which you will need the following details: clothespin, thread, file, pencil, matches or toothpicks.

The process of creating the crossbow itself can be divided into several stages. First of all, you need to disassemble the clothespin, and dividing it into parts, connect the parts together reverse side. You should also cut out the inner edge, expanding the recess in one of the parts, and the “hollow” parallel to it, in the other. Now it remains to carry out the recess of the trunk - for this it is necessary to draw a middle line, dividing the clothespin along its entire length, with a small hollow for a toothpick. Irregularities of the trunk are ground with a needle file. After the trunk is made, the halves of clothespins are connected together with thread or glue gun. Upon completion of the fixing process, it remains only to insert the spring so that its reverse side is thicker, and “cocking the trigger”, make a shot at the target.

A crossbow made from a pen is also very unpretentious, however, despite the simplicity of its manufacture, this species weapons can pierce through even a metal can! For the manufacture of this self-propelled gun, the following materials and tools will be required: a pen, a wide elastic band, scissors, pliers, electrical tape. In this case, the process of creating the crossbow itself can be divided into several steps. First of all, you need to disassemble ballpoint pen, cutting off parts that are not disassembled so that a tube is obtained. Then cut the rubber ring. Using electrical tape, attach the elastic to one end of the handle, securing it in such a way that it does not come off with strong tension. The crossbow is ready - it remains only to insert a toothpick inside and shoot.

Crossbows from a syringe have gained no less popularity, the principle of operation of which is similar to the mechanism of action of an air rifle, since the shot itself occurs under the influence compressed air. To create such a self-propelled gun, you will need the following parts and tools: 1 insulin syringe, 1 50 ml syringe, a strong 10-centimeter metal rod, 5 rubber bands, 2 clamps (you can use wire), felt-tip pens, a knife, a drill.

In this case, the process of creating a crossbow can be divided into several stages. First, remove the piston part from the large syringe and remove the rubber seal. After disassembling the insulin syringe, place it inside the large one so that it is inside the hole where the needle is fixed. After marking the place where the syringe is stuck, cut off the marked edge of the needle attachment. You should also get rid of the front edge of the insulin syringe by inserting it inside the large one - this will be the "trunk" of the crossbow. After that, it remains to insert the piston, having previously drilled a hole near each edge of the trigger mechanism. Then you need to install the clamps, thread and secure the metal rod and get rid of the sharp edges. In conclusion, it remains to take five rubber bands and put them on the front and back of the crossbow. The self-propelled gun is ready - to execute a shot, it is enough to insert a toothpick and, having “cocked” the piston, release the trigger mechanism.

Making an air gun that works on the principle of an air rifle is a more difficult task (which will not take more than three hours), but also the most exciting. As "cartridges", such weapons will use standard plastic balls for a children's pistol and will allow you to shoot several times "without reloading". To create this self-propelled gun, you will need the following things and tools: 2 felt-tip pens with rounded caps, 1 straw, 1 clothespin made of wood, electrical tape, 1 rubber ring made of wide and narrow elastic bands, scissors, a hacksaw or a jigsaw, balls for a children's gun.

Creating a crossbow can be divided into several steps. First you need to cut the edges of the felt-tip pens and, by attaching a clothespin to the tube, mark the point intended for the notch (width - 5 mm). Stepping back from the 2 cm mark, make the second. Cut the rubber ring, fix it on the back of the "barrel" with electrical tape. Having disassembled the clothespin, make a hole in one half and, inserting a thin tube, cut it off to 1 cm. Fix half of the clothespin by attaching it to the “trunk” with a cutout. Fix the felt-tip pen tube with electrical tape near the second cutout of the “barrel” (this will be the “store”). Having inserted a tube inside the felt-tip pen, make sure that it looks out and is not too long. To feed bullets into the barrel, make a notch on the tube and put an elastic band on it. Insert the straw into the barrel, fasten one edge with an elastic band. The self-propelled gun is ready - all that remains is to charge the “store” and, having inserted a tube with an elastic band, aim at the target.

The children of the generation of the 90s did not have newfangled toys and computer games, but there was a stormy fantasy that allows you to come up with incredible ways of entertainment. The pets had something with which to shoot or set fire to. Although these entertainments were considered favorite among children during perestroika, many of them could be harmful to health and even lead to death.

slingshots

Who remembers homemade slingshots? They were of two types - classic and keyed. The classic ones were cut from a thick hazel branch with a fork, a wide gray tourniquet was bought at a pharmacy, a piece of leather was taken out (you could secretly cut it out of your travel bag at home and dump it on your sister) and everything was fastened with copper wire or blue electrical tape.

Such a slingshot was charged with smooth pebbles, which were often brought into the yards along with sand or unripe berries, such as mountain ash, plum or cherry, which grew in abundance behind the house. The power of a shot with a stone was sometimes enough to smash a champagne bottle to smithereens from 3 meters. Such a slingshot was valued due to the fact that not everyone had the skills and means to create it. It could be exchanged for other valuables such as inserts from Turbo, CinCin and Final90.

Walking and having nothing to do, it was possible to make a simpler slingshot - a keyed one. To do this, it was necessary to find a thick aluminum wire in a braid in a landfill and find a flagellum. As a rule, there were no problems with the latter - it was easily extracted from the elastic of underpants. The newer the underpants, the better the flagellum. From all this, something like this was going to (pictured on the left). Such a slingshot fired with dowels - pieces of copper or aluminum wire bent into a horseshoe.

Crossbows

A heavier version of the slingshot was the crossbow. A wooden clothespin was attached to the board, and an elastic band was attached to the other end in such a way that a “loop” was obtained, the saddle of which fell just on the clothespin. With the necessary stretch, of course. A “bullet” was placed in the elastic loop, the elastic was stretched and clamped into a clothespin. When the button was pressed, a shot was fired. They shot all the same mountain ash, peas, peppercorns or pellets.

Samopal

The most advanced version was called self-propelled guns. This is closer to a real firearm. A thick-walled metal tube was sealed at one end (flattened and topped up with lead), a 1 mm hole was drilled near the blind end. The pipe was attached to a wooden bed, usually in the form of a pistol (again, the same chair leg was sometimes used). With the help of a ramrod, "sulfur" from matches, a wad and a sub-caliber homemade bullet made of lead were driven into the tube. The shot was fired when a special shock frame, released by the trigger, hit the head of a carnation inserted into a small hole. The bullet had a very serious lethal force - 15 match heads in a 4mm barrel drove a bullet 5 centimeters into a tree. With a crossbow it was better not to get into the police ...

matchshot

Another lightweight weapon was the matchgun. It was made from wooden clothespins, do you feel the usefulness of this Soviet device? He shot with ordinary or burning matches for 10 meters. For its manufacture, a wooden clothespin was disassembled, a place for a spring (from the same clothespin) was machined with a needle file, a “trunk” was machined, a spring was put on one of the halves, the halves were connected reverse sides and wrapped with electrical tape. The spring played the role of both the trigger and the pusher at the same time. Sometimes a piece of "chirkash" from matchbox so that the match ignites itself at the moment of the shot. More often, they simply swiped a box at it and immediately shot.

Dart

Probably only the lazy did not play the game "darts", we also loved to throw darts in childhood. Yes, but they were not sold or they cost a lot of money. Therefore, almost any boy in our yard could make it himself. The dart, in terms of its flight and stick-in qualities, turned out to be no worse than the factory one. A sheet of paper, 4 matches, a needle, stationery glue and thread. A home-made target from a notebook sheet was hung on the wall carpet and played.

pistons

Who had a revolver that fired such caps? But it was more interesting to scratch the brown spots with something sharp and watch them ignite. Or even more interesting, roll up a strip of piston and hit it with a hammer. Ringing in the ears for 10 minutes was provided!

Who sees the connection?

Pugach from bolts

And here?

I think our generation will easily explain the connection of these objects. They hammered the dowel with a brick into the asphalt, took it out, crushed matches into the hole, inserted the dowel and threw a brick on top ... Boom! and the piece of asphalt was gone... :) Matches cost 1 kopeck per box and were freely bought in the store.

And this is the "rockets"

Slate in the fire

I think you can easily remember what happens to slate in a fire :) That's right, nothing good - it shoots a lot. in pieces.

Lamps and kinescopes

It was a sin not to break a fluorescent lamp thrown into the trash. They broke with a loud bang, if you throw the lamp on the asphalt end. They didn't think about the environment back then.

But this find in the garbage was extremely rare and always brought great joy to the boys. They cast lots to see who would be the first to throw a brick at the top lamp (the beam gun of the kinescope). She was the most vulnerable spot kinescope. When the lamp broke, the kinescope collapsed inwards due to the internal vacuum with a very dull pop that echoed in the yards. Neighbor boys immediately ran to see this action. But more often we found kinescopes with a broken lamp ...

Siphon cans

Used cartridges for soda machines (siphon) were also sometimes used. They were stuffed with sulfur from matches and closed the hole with a bolt. Then the infernal device was thrown into the fire ... I must say that this thing was the most dangerous invention of the yard boys. Personally, I have never made such a balloon. And I don't recommend it to others.

Magnesium

We mixed magnesium powdered with a file into a powder in a certain proportion with potassium permanganate, which cost a penny in a pharmacy and wrapped it in a tight paper bag, wrapping it with adhesive tape. They made a hole and screwed a match to it, so that the sulfur head was exactly in the hole. They struck a match on the box and threw it sharply aside. The package exploded with a deafening noise and a bright flash.

knives

In my opinion, every boy in childhood had a folding knife, which was a source of pride. With the help of it they played "zemelka", "tanchiki". Each game had a variety of rules. For example, "land": they drew a circle, divided it equally by the number of participants. Each one stood in his own place. Then, while standing, they stuck a knife into the enemy’s area and cut off a piece from his land. "In advance" (did not stick) - the move passed to another. And according to one rule, it was necessary to stand on your own land all the time as long as you could. According to others, it was possible to stand outside, but in the event of a catastrophic decrease in your area, the enemy offered you to stand for 3 seconds on it. If you can't resist, you're out. You could even stand on tiptoe with one leg - the main thing is to hold out for 3 seconds.

Carbide

Who remembers magic stones with a specific smell that bubble in water? Carbide is a joy for those who find it, for the whole day! When combined with water, it reacted and released the wonderful gas acetylene. It is remarkable that it burns well. In what form did not use carbide. And they just threw it into a puddle, setting it on fire. And they warmed their hands, squeezing the carbide in their palm, immersed in a puddle. And they put it in bottles of water, plugging it with a cork ...

But most efficient use carbide was a hand cannon. They took an empty bottle from under a deodorant or "Dichlorvos", cut off its neck, made a hole at the bottom, put carbide inside, spat abundantly on it, plugged all the holes, shook it for a minute, opened it and brought a burning match to a small hole ... volley! !! :)

smokehouse

The real truth is that only our generation knows what the connection is between a children's tumbler or a tennis ball....

But we know what will happen if pieces of this special, magical plastic are wrapped in foil or newspaper, set on fire and extinguished ... How many nerves the uncles spent in garages when such a miracle flew to them from the roof ...

Lead

How much in this word, for the heart of a child merged ... And merged into literally the words. Remember scouring garages, scouring junk yards for old batteries?

They split them and mined pure lead. The dried electrolyte was beaten out and the soft metal was crushed into a tin can or into a bowl.They made a fire and waited for the liquid metal to sparkle in the jar.

And then do whatever your heart desires!

Hello, dear lovers of homemade weapons. By visiting this page, you probably expected to see information on making a homemade air rifle? I have to disappoint you - there is no such one here now. No, of course, it used to be, and we talked in detail about how you could make an air rifle with your own hands at home, but, as always, out of the blue, a notification from Roskomnadzor came, demanding to immediately delete all information on the manufacture of an air rifle from our site. Frankly, I was somewhat surprised by such a requirement. After all, pneumatics has nothing to do with what is prohibited in Russian Federation, manufacture of improvised firearms and explosives. Although maybe I missed something? And now even homemade pneumatics fell under the category of prohibited information? It seems that the fight against terrorism has gone beyond the bounds of rationality, and is taking on the form of absurdity.

More recently, I had to remove information about a homemade flamethrower. Well, this can be explained somehow. After all, the combustible mixture used in a flamethrower can be completely bottled by making a battery of Molotov cocktails. I have not found any more reasons why it would be worth deleting this info. Okay, let it be that the flamethrower itself is terrible weapon terrorist, which he will definitely use, having read my instructions, instead of, say, a homemade bomb, or a Kalashnikov assault rifle, so I deleted everything without further questions. But pneumatics! Who did she hurt? Honestly, it's easier to kill than from the air rifle design that was described on this site.

I expressed my bewilderment in a letter to Roskomnadzor, but have not yet received a response. Revision of the court decision, you need to wait three months. If, after this time, they decide that the homemade design of an air rifle is o-o-very dangerous for publication, then, to my deep regret, you will continue to read these lines.

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