Philippine Resistance Revolver

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During WWII, Philippine resistance fighters found themselves with a shortage of weapons to use against Japanese occupation forces. Completely built by hand, this primitive manually-operated revolver currently in the collection of the National Firearms Museum worked in a pinch. Chambered in .38 S&W, it was built in the mountains of Mindanao using only a 12-inch rough cut file and a breast drill.

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