Lawyer Shot in Chest by Assailant with Homemade Gun

William May · #11 ● 04-12-2026, 08:03 PM

Well, I found a bunch of designs for these, from what they call "Kyber Pass" rifles, to single shot handguns with a spring firing pin. that you pull back by hand, and then trip it to fire the gun. I will probably download some of them, although as you would expect, they DO NOT inspire a great deal of confidence. But they ARE interesting.

William May · #12 ● 04-12-2026, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by rhubarb_king ↗

Nice choice of getaway vehicle

Laurel and Hardy did better with their "Collapsible" Model T's!

stranglewank · #13 ● 04-13-2026, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Ok! HERE is what I found out about "Desi-katta" guns:

Since 1959, India has had one of the strictest gun control law frameworks in the world. HOWEVER, in SPITE of that, India now is 2nd ONLY TO THE U.S. in the number of unlicensed and illegal guns possessed by it's citizens. 80% of the crimes in India are done with these "Desi-Katta" or unlicensed guns. The guns may be made by amateurs, but are also turned out and sold by skilled gunsmiths as a regular source of income. The demand is driven by the high public regard for people who have fire-arms, with them being viewed as "tough guys" and "real men" and it is widespread for people to carry these guns in public.
The ones made in small villages are generally found to be roughly built, low power, and to have a low lethality rate. However, the ones built by actual gunsmiths are typically very capable and dangerous, and work as well as any mass-produced fire-arm on the regular market.

I assume the differences are in the fact that an actual gunsmith would have the proper tools and equipment to turn out a capable firearm, whereas a person working in a small village as a blacksmith or repairman, would lack a lot of tools and skills to turn out a very good weapon.

I am still trying to find a drawing for one of these weapons.

The weapon used in THIS assassination, almost looks like a sawed-off shotgun, although it is pretty hard to see clearly. But obviously, it was good enough to kill the victim in this case.

The perpetrators, on the other hand, I would be very reluctant to credit with much more than a low-to-average intelligence, as they sure seemed to have nearly bungled the job in this case. Not just leaving the bike running was one symptom. But if they could not leave the bike running, probably due to every expensive gas, it would seem they were operating at the very frugalist limits of the hit-man world. Maybe even Fruglier! or even Frugalist! limits.

I suspect they BOTH were either hit by a train shortly afterwards, or suffered some other disaster, such as running over a sheep,
being struck by lightning, or having hot oil from a cooking stall splashed all over them.

Check out slam fire shotguns. It looks like that’s what he used here. They’re insanely rudimentary and don’t need rifling or high quality steel. This is because shotguns fire from smooth bores and have low pressures.

The way a slam fire shotguns works is you ram the shell into something like a nail, which then sets off the primer. So you would grab the barrel, slam it back, and then it would fire.

Militias around the world have used them, and poachers in Africa will use them. Attempts have been made at ‘high quality’ ones where they can be shouldered, and be slammed more easily.

They’re ultimately best used for assassinations like this, since they’re single shot, and inaccurate.

If you're interested more in the illicit firearms trade of South Asia watch videos on the Khyber pass in Pakistan. It’s a massive market of both high quality and dogshit firearms.