A homemade pistol, confiscated by the Swedish Police. Given to the Museum of Vänersborg in 1985
Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured other than by a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith, and are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials.[1][2][3]
Improvised firearms may be used as tools by criminals and insurgents and are sometimes associated with such groups;[4][5] other uses include self-defense in lawless areas and hunting game in poor rural areas.[6]
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