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September 20, 2017, 08:28 PM | #1 |
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Tell me about these guns
I posted a picture of two pistols in a different thread yesterday and ever since I've been thinking more about them. The Stinger Liberator:
I've read a few things about them elsewhere on the web and I know they kick like hell and recoil is very painful, but I'm still interested. So interested, I may just machine my own on a mill. But, I'd like to hear a bit more about these guns. Who the manufacturer is, years produced, etc. Basically what's the history behind these guns and why aren't we seeing them? I know recoil sucks and there's no accuracy from the smoothbore barrels, but look at them! THEY'RE SO SMALL!! EDIT: And there was another manufacturer of these pistol besides Stinger. Downsizer and they called their pistol the WSP.
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September 20, 2017, 10:25 PM | #3 |
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The original WWII Liberator was single shot, intended to be used to kill an enemy and obtain HIS gun,* after which the Liberator would be thrown away. The only example of the Stinger** I have seen looked like it was intended to be thrown away first. I can't imagine any realistic use for such a gun.
Jim *In spite of romantic stories, there is no evidence that any Liberator was ever used to kill anyone; almost all were destroyed at the end of the war. **There was also a cheap pistol by that name; it had even less ""success" than the Liberator. Jim |
September 21, 2017, 02:06 PM | #4 |
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Here's something including a video of one of the things supposedly exploding on firing:
http://www.guns.com/reviews/stinger-...liberator-9mm/ http://www.guns.com/review/review-ne...9mm-liberator/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH-Wx85SOQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IylGx-48TUI |
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September 21, 2017, 02:48 PM | #6 |
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The first two links in post #4 are about the gun under discussion. The third, the one with the gun failure, is about an STI Stinger (a semi). The fourth is about 3-D printed pistols. The link in post #5 is about a pen gun.
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September 21, 2017, 04:15 PM | #7 |
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Are smooth bore pistols legal?
Reminds me of a derringer, but even less capacity. I have a Davis 38 Special and it is easily one of the worst guns I've ever shot in regards to both accuracy and recoil. |
September 21, 2017, 04:31 PM | #8 |
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Smoothbore pistols are legal. I think the deal is they can't be chambered for anything over .50 caliber because then they're a destructive device and if they can shoot .410 they're an AOW.
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September 21, 2017, 05:39 PM | #9 |
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Smoothbore handguns are legal, but regulated under the NFA 1934, they are "sawed off shotguns" essentially, and you need ATF approval (and tax stamp) to own one. Unless your state laws prohibit them, they are just as legal as sawed off shotguns and machine guns.
RESTRICTED, but legal with the proper licenses and paperwork.
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September 21, 2017, 07:07 PM | #10 |
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^ Wait, so these pistols with their smoothbore barrels here were AOW's all along?
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September 21, 2017, 07:49 PM | #11 |
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Looks like something you could easily shoot your own finger off with...especially in the middle of a scuffle
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September 21, 2017, 08:02 PM | #12 |
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The gun's barrels were rifled. They weren't AOWs. The writer of the article was full of it.
No manufacturer in their right mind would produce smooth-bore pistols. They would either be AOWs, or illegal. |
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Also, the Liberator came with 7 rounds (IIRC) housed in the grip frame. The idea wasn't that the Liberator would be thrown away after a single use, but that it would be passed on to another freedom fighter to be used again, and again until the ammo ran out. Then thrown away. As for there being no record of a Liberator actually being used to kill someone, all that really means is that there is no record. Given that the pistols were never dropped to the Resistance as envisioned, and nearly all were destroyed after the war, it's probably true. But lack of a record isn't proof it never happened, its just lack of proof that it did. Resistance fighters aren't known for keeping good operational records about who did what, where, when, with what, so lack of a record isn't surprising.
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September 22, 2017, 12:35 PM | #14 |
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I am speaking of the pictured guns in the OP's post. They were rifled.
The WW2 Liberator is not the subject of the thread. |
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Other than an exercise in machining skills, I can see no reason to try and make one, as much fun as it may be. I may be wrong but I think the ATF frowns on homemade firearms. As others have posted, a smoothbore hand gun is considered a class three firearm.
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September 24, 2017, 01:01 PM | #19 |
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The guns in the original post were not smooth bore!
Home made guns (with rifling) are perfectly legal under federal law. |
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