Jungle made rifle

[vietnam1965]

VC jungle-made rifle. No paperwork.

[365engbn]

Thats real cool! I wouldnt want to be behind the trigger. lol 

[SARGE]

That is neat!  Crudely made does not quite cover it.

 

[Scarecrow]

As 365engbn said, wouldn't want to be pulling the trigger on that one.  The business end may be safer.  Great bring back though!

[Cap Camouflage Pattern I]

Very nice!

 

These handmade weapons were most common in the 1959-1962 period. By 1963 the majority of full time VC were equipped with factory made weapons, much of them captured, and handmade weapons were relegated to part-time village level guerillas and such.

 

Obviously these leave a lot to be desired from a safety standpoint, but a lot of these fired handmade shotgun shells so perhaps the pressure was not that great, and the VC were also doing a lot of reloading of empty casings. I am just speculating as I haven't been able to find anything in the way of detailed information on what powder they were using, but perhaps some of them could have been made lower pressure as well. 

 

 

[vietnam1965]

Thanks Guys! If you like bring back then you might want to check out my new non-profit book benefiting the veteran assisting group Honor Flight South Florida?

 

Here are two reviews of the book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JACFwc8YLs

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/war-trophies-weapons-from-vietnam-a-book-review-by-a-lifelong-collector-of-vietnam-bringbacks.1240464/

 

[Rakkasan187]

A great book..

 

Highly Recommend adding this open to your reference library's

 

Leigh 

 

 

[vietnam1965]

Thanks Leigh!