Expedient Homemade Firearms: The 9mm Submachine Gun (Paperback)

~ (Author) "The first section of the machine gun to be constructed is the lower receiver..." (more)
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Product Description

The author provides clear, step-by-step instructions for and expedient 9mm submachine gun. It is easily constructed from readily available materials, primarily steel tubing; it does not require a lathe and milling machine and it can be built by just about anyone in about a week. For Academic Study Only

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873649834
• ISBN-13: 978-0873649834
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,807 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, but not complete..., October 17, 2002

By	"luiz_yamcha" (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) - See all my reviews

I gave this book 4 stars because it is not complete in certain parts. Fortunately I bought the Do-It-Yourself Submachine Gun Book from Gerard Metral from a Shop here in Brasil (Actually I bought those books, because a civilian war is iminent here in Rio de Janeiro, and Brasil now have laws prohibiting the selling of Weapons).

Well, the Expedient Homemade Firearms is complete with the aquisition of Do-It-Yourself Submachine Gun book, because this book covers important steps that the Expedient Homemade Firearms doesn't cover, like the Parkerization Process, Handgrip manufature and some most technical details.

If you wanna make your weapon, buy both books, focus on building the weapon explained in the Expedient Homemade Firearms, and add to it the important details described on Do-It-Yourself book.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Reading, Don't Do It, January 29, 2007

By	John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As this book clearly states: 'This material is presented for academic study only.' It is clearly illegal to build the gun described in the book. And if you have enough money to pay all the taxes, you don't need to build one, you can go buy a real gun. When I say real, I mean that you'd have more confidence it wouldn't blow up.

Having said that, the academic interest in this gun is just to see how simple it is to build a gun, and in turn, how impossible it is to prevent the manufacture of weapons by simply passing a law.

The particular gun described here is the simplest I've ever seen. It's constructed from commonly available steel tubing. (I didn't realize that so many standard tubing sizes were so close to what was needed for gun building.) Strangely enough, you don't even need a lathe or milling machine for this gun. Everything is made using hand tools such as hacksaw and file. Normally accepted things such as rifling in the barrel and sights are simply eliminated.

One final comment. He uses a series of 'steel collars' in his design. I presume that's a British term. If you look up 'steel collars' on Google you get a bunch of bondage sites. Instead look up 'shaft collars.'

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful to those with a bit of technical skill., July 13, 1999

By A Customer

This book is great, with precise diagrams and photographs, however the material is certainly not for the layperson, although given enough time almost anyone could fabricate a device. The quality is almost certainly horrible, as they are simply composed of basic plumbing. The book is well worth the money, but don't expect an easy thing to put together in a day (at least not without help, tools, and know-how).