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  2. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    The FP-45 Liberator and the Deer gun were crude zip gun-like single-shot pistols or derringers manufactured by the United States government for use by resistance forces in occupied territories, during World War II and the Vietnam War, respectively. FP-45 Liberator (Zip Gun) The FP-45 was designed to be cheaply and quickly mass-produced.

  3. Starting pistol - Wikipedia

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    Starter gun has just been fired by man in straw boater hat. A starting pistol or starter pistol is a blank handgun [1] or, more recently, an electronic toy gun or device with a button connected to a sound system that is fired to start track and field races as well as some competitive swimming races.

  4. USFA ZiP .22 - Wikipedia

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    The Zip .22 (stylized as ZiP) is a semi-automatic pistol chambered in .22 Long Rifle, commercially introduced by the U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (USFA) in 2013. . Although given some praise for its innovative concept, affordability and accuracy, it was widely panned for its frequent mechanical malfunctions, with failures to feed ammunition and eject spent casings being reported by a ...

  5. What we know about the crude, homemade gun used in ... - AOL

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    Inmates in some U.S. prisons over the years have constructed crude zip guns as weapons. ... Ghost guns typically are made of polymer parts created with 3-D-printing technology and can be assembled ...

  6. 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. [2]

  7. Smith & Wesson Model 317 kit gun - Wikipedia

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    Due to the growing popularity of stainless steel revolvers, the .22/.32 Model 63 Kit Gun was released in 1977 (with the same design as the 34–1), the .22 WMR Model 651 in 1983, and the .32 Magnum Kit Gun in 1990. There was a Kit Gun Airweight (Model 43) and a Kit Gun chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (.22 WMR, the Model 51), the ...

  8. What you should know about ghost guns - AOL

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    Until recently, ghost guns were typically built using kits sold online. In 2022, however, the Biden administration instituted a new rule requiring these kits to include serial numbers and for ...

  9. U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. (U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co., USFA) was a privately held firearms-manufacturing firm based in Hartford, Connecticut.Until 2011, United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. was known for producing single action revolvers, which were clones of the Colt Single Action Army revolver. [5]