I am having difficulty in grasping the idea that Dez could manufacture a gun that fires so (a) accurately and (b) so rapidly, ... t
I don't make guns, as a hobby , I make clothing as a hobby, good stuff, too, and I need a lot of equip for that, solid equip, great German scissors, correct needles, perfect cotton, accurate patterns , chalk, fitting model, bobbins , good bobbins , elastic, tape , on and on, and that's just for a pair of pants. I need the whole corner of a room, often the whole room to fling stuff around.
I am open to believing it, I am just having trouble getting over the last fence of it, Dez making his own killiing tool THAT WORKED PERFECTLY under stressful conditions.
Your clothing hobby is based on skills and tools. In an age where nearly everything is factory made, these skills and tools allow you to produce things that regular people would have absolutely no idea how to do.
Guns are tthe same combination of skills and tools that you possess. I have no doubt in my mind that you could make guns if you wanted to.
That aside, lets say that he needed to make the guns largely from scratch instead of just buying parts and assembling them. He would need machinist or gun smithing skillls (nearly identical). Tool wise, he would need:
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A sewing machine: Really a metal lathe ( about say, 2-3 feet long), computer controlled would be a plus. Hand controlled is cheaper and works fine. $500- to say, $1500 dollars depending on features and manufacturer. If you want it to say "USA", "Japan", or "Germany", you need to pay.
- A secondary sewing machine: Well, actually a milling machine. Ditto to everything with the lathe. Sometimes, they can be bought as a set. Cost is the same as the lathe.
- Needles: Well, tooling for the lathe and milling machine. As with needles, quality machine tooling from Japan or Germany is a plus. But.... its not really needed. Say, $200-600 dollars
- Scissors: Ok, metal files. Like your quality Sissors, quality metal files are a thing of industrial art. Rare these days. But..... in the age of the internet, nothing is really hard to find. Say, $100-300 dollars. More if your want the artisan / pro ones.
- Notions: Screw drivers, metal punches, awls, Dremel type tools (can sub as metal files if needed), ball peen hammers, tap and dye set . Say....$200-300. Less if used.
- Patterns: Except with guns, they would be called blue print level drawings, of "actions" (trigger mechanisms) bolts etc. Likely free on line for older, bolt action military rifles. Or, can be ordered from specialty sources for the same guns.
- Cloth: In the form of metal stock, maybe some wood stock if you want to get fancy. $300-500 would get "cloth" for multiple guns.
- Then add... your level of dedication, commitment and the time that you have given to your sewing skills. Natural hand skill would be a plus.
For rifles (home made, breech loading shot guns would need only basic tools): A Barrell cutting machine. Sort of like a lathe. This is a specialized gunsmithing tool and could get relatively pricey.
But.... just like you can probably rig a regular sewing machine to duplicate an advanced feature, one can probably use a regular lathe for this as well.
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- but it’s a lot of equipment to have laying around in the scrub just in case you decide to go on the lam, not to mention the specific consumables he’d need for whatever calibre firearms he has on him. Have attached a pic of a reloading kit for reference.
