[bando21]

I want clothes like those....

[30564U]

Originally Posted by Asiatrav ↗

Very popular in Thailand, though most are much more crude. Still very effective and cheap to make. The ones I've seen up close were all 12ga., and thankfully NOT pointed in my direction. The owners were quite proud of them. The example shown, as mentioned, looks a lot better made with its 1911ish frame. Wondering if it's from the PI???

I was wondering the same thing. I had to take a close look at the lettering on the medic's shirt to figure out that it wasn't the Phillipines. They have a long and storied history of making high quality firearms from absolutely nothing. I've seen some of the guns they made in WWII during the Japanese occupation. Incredible work and very very effective. Most Americans have no idea that there is quite an old gun culture in the Phillipines and that they produce a wide variety and very high quality firearms, many of which are sold around the world.

[Kelseecat65]

[vagabond]

I was wondering what could cause that type of wound without blowing a hole in her side.

[Sharon]

[blancadon]

If she had used less starch in his shirt she might still be alive.

[Cerebral222]

I guess if you pack the cartridges yourself so that the blast force is much less than a default shell, then you can modify a pistol & use it without breaking your wrist. That pistol looks like it was done in an engineers workshop; strange that both cartridge & gun were left behind though, I wonder if the perp was caught at the scene.

[tecumseh35]

That gun isn't very practical.

[Michelle B]

I'll bet that put her down FAST!!

[30564U]

Originally Posted by Cerebral222 ↗

I guess if you pack the cartridges yourself so that the blast force is much less than a default shell, then you can modify a pistol & use it without breaking your wrist. That pistol looks like it was done in an engineers workshop; strange that both cartridge & gun were left behind though, I wonder if the perp was caught at the scene.

I'd bet that the shell was probably some type of birdshot rather than buckshot (lower recoil from birdshot out of a short barrel). At close to contact distances it wouldn't make any difference in the lethality or size of the entry hole, but birdshot wouldn't over penetrate and leave an exit hole. There doesn't look like any contact powder tattooing so I would assume the fatal shot would have been from one to three feet from the victim's side. But given that the intestines are coming out, which would indicate a contact wound gas blast effect. Maybe the photos don't show the powder marks. There also isn't much blood, which might indicate that the victim died rather quickly and/or the gun powder partially cauterized the wound which would lean more to a contact wound. Just my two cents.