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Originally posted by jaguar
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CharlieG would need to be a damn fine machineist to make a high quality relaible semi-automatic pistol and ammunition that was capable of being mistaken for the real thing.
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Nah, not damn good - Remember, here in the US, a LOT of machinists made one for fun, sort of a right of passage. There are a LOT of gunsmiths who will make you one (It is legal).
With modern CNC machines, the problem is figuring out how to make the FIRST one, then writing the code.
That said, If I was going to make an illegal firearm, it'd be a Sten gun. THEY are trivial to make - like they were made in the Warsaw Ghetto during the uprising
You have to remember that the British lost more than men at Dunkirk - they lost almost every rifle in the country. Shepherd and Turpin designed a submachine gun that could be made VERY quickly, in almost any machine shop - one of the design goals was a cost of less than 5 pounds - they succeeded - it cost 2.5 pounds. Ammo is the hardest part - in particular, the primers