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  2. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    Homemade submachine guns are often made by copying existing designs, or by adapting simple, open-bolt actions and leveraging commonly available hardware store parts. [ 2 ] [ 30 ] The BÅ‚yskawica (Polish for lightning ) was a submachine gun produced by the Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, a Polish resistance movement fighting the Germans in ...

  3. 3D-printed firearm - Wikipedia

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    Although it is possible to create fully-printed plastic firearms and silencers, these tend to have short working lives. [ 2 ] 3D-printed gun culture is built around the printing of open-source firearm frames and receivers , the use of standard, metal commercial components (like an action and barrel ), and other parts that can be made or ...

  4. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from the ...

  5. List of 3D-printed weapons and parts - Wikipedia

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    Oceania Defense has made three variations of the 5.56mm/.223 suppressor so far: the 556-45 Samson (an AR-15 suppressor designed to operate on semi auto Short-barreled rifle to 12.5" barrels), 556-SBR (designed for hard use on 10.5" barrel for AR-15 firearms in 5.56mm/.223 ammunition) and 556-45 Suppressor (direct thread on suppressor which ...

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  7. De Lisle carbine - Wikipedia

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    The De Lisle carbine or De Lisle commando carbine [3] was a British firearm used during World War II that was designed with an integrated silencer.That, combined with its use of subsonic ammunition, made it extremely quiet in action, possibly one of the quietest firearms ever made.

  8. Homemade firearm - Wikipedia

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    A homemade firearm, also called a ghost gun or privately made firearm, is a firearm made by a private individual, in contrast to one produced by a corporate or government entity. [1] The term ghost gun is used mostly in the United States by gun control advocates, but it is being adopted by gun rights advocates and the firearm industry.

  9. Muzzle booster - Wikipedia

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    Animation of the Vickers muzzle booster operation, showing the expanding gases pushing the barrel to the rear relative to the cooling jacket. A Vickers-type muzzle (or recoil) booster, the "typical" type, consists of two parts: a flared "cup" on the muzzle of the barrel, and a perforated tube around the end of the muzzle, attached to the main body of the weapon.