miniature guns

Wait a sec. These things really shoot, or are just capable of shooting if someone made ammo their size...?

The exquisitely crafted miniatures of masters such David Kucer are, in their distinct way, monumental, but easy to own and display. And, to echo Lincoln’s words, they can’t hurt a soul.

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From the website, so I'm assuming they are just toys.

Nicely made toys, but toys.

I'm not sure if those are the same thing, but there are a few guys on the net who make miniature guns that fire a 2mm pinfire round.

The guns are >$1200 and I can't even find 2mm anywhere.

IIRC its 2mm pinfire or something but, please, correct me if I'm wrong.

http://www.swissminigun.com/home.html

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This one really shoots. Illegal to import into the U.S. though

Jason

Fully functional scale model miniatures have been around for a long long time. In Europe it was traditional for a gunsmith to make a scale model as part as the apprentice program.

There are collectors and I believe a society on miniature firearms makers and these models are made exacting to scale. They would in fact shoot of ammo was made for them, but of course it is not.

Not too many years ago there were a number of Colt sanctioned miniatures made in Italy. They generaly sold for about $500 and up depending on the model and decoration. I just watched one sell on Ebay for $335 If I remember correctly which is about as cheap as they get. It was a miniature of one of the precussion Colt models.

I have seen miniatures of many different firearms including Winchesters, Brwon Bess's , and just about any firearm you can think of - they are being made mostly by individual craftsman, but some small production runs so to speak pop up from time to time.

Edit PS: 2mm Pinfire blank miniatures have been around for a long time as well. In the 50's you could order them out of the comic books as I recall. Some quality single shots were made in Austria and Germany and these blank firing novilty miniatures have been around longer than that I think. A new run was made not too long ago and you could buy the 2mm pinfire blanks again also. (within the last 5 years or so)

Those little guns are neat to look at but do people really consider them more than toys or curio? I guess they'd be handy if we were all shrunk with a "DeBigulator" but I feel like carrying a .380 is marginal at best. I can't imagine a 2mm!
The craftsmanship is neat though. I'm one of those people who will look at a model ship for a long time admiring how much work and the steady hands that went into it.

They can be wonderful works of art .

The 2mm pin fires were mostly novelty noise makers that would fit on a keychain. They are loud , and I'm sure would get todays school kid in a lot of trouble.

If anyone's looking to OWN some of these, the prices get very steep very quickly; Wayne Driskill is a stocking dealer in miniatures, and you can see some of the amazing ones he's got for sale at http://waynedriskillminiatures.com/index.html

Fascinating! Thanks!

I've been getting into gunsmithing/machining lately, and a miniature has been on my 'to do' list for as while. Once I snag myself a lathe, it'll be one of my first projects.

I've been thinking about doing a 'mini' AK that looks almost like one of those cheap WalMart airsoft guns. Chambered in 22lr, of course.

I gotta finish the real AK first, though. Sometime in the next few weeks, keep an eye out for a 'look-what-I-made' thread by me.

Looking at the 1/3 Thompson got me to wondering what the BATFE would think about it? If it is actually done to scale, it IS a machinegun, no? The fact that no one makes ammo for it seems like a triviality when one remembers all the crazy/stupid rulings from our overseers.

Of course, if you were convicted, you would only get 1/3 the jail time.....

/\/\/\ Recoil Rob
does that follow the same mentality that....











Midget porn should be half off??

I once read that somebody had made a 3/4 size tommygun that fired .25 acp.
Ive always thought a minigun in .22LR would be hellacool.

Hi everybody,
the picture is of an extremely well made model not intended to fire. I agree that a .38 would not be good enough for personal safety, but miniatures are miniatures and belong to a different category.
I am a miniature maker myself and since no company obliges by producing 3 or 4mm cartridges, I make my own, but do not intend to discuss on the how to. Herebelow a picture of a miniature intended to fire and able to pierce 1/8 " comfortably. Excuse my English since not my native language.



Special hello to CypherNinja, being of similar orientation.
George from Greece

GeorgePapa that is excellent work! Is that a singleshot, or autoloader?
It looks similar to an M2 Browning machine gun.

Hi Davo,

it's a single shot.
The results immediately after barrel mouth...


Thanks,
George

Hi griz,
yes, it is. Originally made for an RC armoured car, but never made it to the car...

Thanks,

George

Don't spend that quarter. It's made of silver and melted down alone is worth around $2.50, it may be worth more to a collector.