GunLab (KnownHost) » Chinese pistol http://gunlab.net Adventures in gun building! Tue, 05 May 2026 16:52:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Chinese pistol http://gunlab.net/chinese-pistol/ http://gunlab.net/chinese-pistol/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:00:37 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=4043 Last week Ian from Forgotten Weapons stopped by the house to borrow some equipment for an up coming video and he brought me a surprise. He had won at auction some Chinese pistols and had a few extras. So some horse trading perused. For some strange reason I just had to have this early Chinese [...]]]> Last week Ian from Forgotten Weapons stopped by the house to borrow some equipment for an up coming video and he brought me a surprise. He had won at auction some Chinese pistols and had a few extras. So some horse trading perused. For some strange reason I just had to have this early Chinese hand made pistol. There was no magazine and it was missing the grips but still in good condition. This pistol shows to what length people will go to to have a weapon. The entire pistol looks to be made with hand tools, ie. chisel,file and hand drill. It is an interesting weapon so lets take a closer look at it.

The first two views are the completed pistol in a right and left view.

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DSC_6189sThese next two pictures show it field striped.

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DSC_6194czsYou can see the chisel marks on the frame where the metal was cut away and filed to make the grip openings.

DSC_6192sThe trigger bar and disconnector looked like they were beat out of what ever they could get and then filed.

DSC_6202sYou can see the chisel marks in the slide grove.

DSC_6203sThe magazine catch is also missing, but it too was also chiseled out.

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DSC_6196sA close up of the hand made screws

DSC_6195sa top view of the frame showing the barrel notches and the spring grove.

DSC_6200sClose up of the barrel groves

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DSC_6198sThe slide

DSC_6204sA close up of the block, look at the chisel marks here.

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DSC_6209csThe barrel was also hand made

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DSC_6214csThe recoil spring and guide.

DSC_6220cI am not sure what caliber this pistol is in. The magazine well looks to be large enough for 7.62×25. A caliber way to powerful for a basic blow back pistol.

This pistol is an interesting design and build.

 

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