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World's smallest gun is just 5 cms long
The world's smallest gun is over five centimeter sporting s long but can be as fatal as a machine gun. The Swiss MiniGun is the size of a key ring measuring 19.8 grammes but fires tiny 434kmph bullets , which is powerful enough to kill anybody at a close range of 112 metres.
The stainless steel gun is the first product of the SwissMiniGun company, a miths based at La Chaux-de-Fonds,Switzerland and costs 3,000 pounds. The gun shoots 2.34 mm calibre rim fire ammunition especially developed for it as the smallest rim fire ammunition in the world.
Owner Paul Erard said that since the product's launch three years ago, the firm had sold around 300 of the , mainly to collectors in the Middle and Far East. "We are producing in very small quantities - perhaps 25 gold and 100 steel a year, and there is a six month waiting list to get one,"the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.
Buyers
in
Switzerland
and
Europe
must
produce
an
import
permit
from
police
to
obtain
one.
The
gun,
however,
is
banned
from
being
imported
into
the
US
-
because
it's
barrel
is
less
than
three
inches,
meaning
it
is
deemed
too
small
to
qualify
for
sporting
purposes.
The
manufacturers
also
produce
extravagant,
made-to-order
versions
made
out
of
18-carat
gold
with
customised
diamond
studs
which
sell
for
up
to
30,000
pounds.