Filipino Paliuntod Slam Fire RifleMade by Filipino rebels and natives during the American occupation
Filipino Paliuntod Slam Fire RifleMade by Filipino rebels and natives during the American occupation of the Phillipines, Paliuntod guns were homemade slame fire rifles and shotguns. The were called slam fire guns because of their curious action. They were single shot only and the user would push the barrel forward to expose the breech. The user would then insert a shell or cartridge. The firing pin was fixed, unlike the springloaded firing pin on most modern firearms which are activated by a trigger. Instead the user would slam the barrel back, banging the cartridge primer against the firing pin which fired the cartridge. Simple and crude, they often lacked rifling and were prefered by Filipino Natives who had little contact with the outside world and thus little availability to modern firearms. -- source link
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