2y ago

Made by a Zamboni Driver - Chameleon (1989)

The Cameleon was a concept revolver designed by Czechoslovakian ice rink technician Karel Michalek. Michalek had wanted to make his own handgun, but was limited by government restrictions. In 1989, Michalek decided to construct a concept gun out of wood and epoxy resin.

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Is that an SS mark? As in the white nationalist mark?
- Haha no, those are 4’s as in .44 magnum.
- Definitely doesn't look like an accident. Maybe it was a good thing they didn't allow him to have guns.
Is there a rear sight? Otherwise I non ironically love this wheelie
- There is. Look at the very top left of the image.
  
  Oh yeah, lookie there. I thought that was part of the cylinder catch.
Fuck you. Bullpups your revolver
Also lovely SS runes he put on there... 😬
- Yikes yeah he got too creative with his 44
- I want a bullpup, low bore axis, auto cycling DA/SA revolver with a removable cylinder. Is that too much to ask?
  Edit: with light and optic mounting points
I can't help but read that as Ass Magnum
- *SS Magnum
Wait, the barrel is from epoxy resin?
Looks very cool
- I think it's just a proof of concept mockup and not meant to be functional.
  I don't think there's an epoxy wonder-material on earth that would withstand the chamber and barrel pressure of a .44 magnum, and even if it did you'd still have rifling in it for about 0.2 nanoseconds.
Everything about it is somehow weird and normal at the same time
I mistakenly thought this was a post on music 😅 would be a great band name!
- "Zamboni Driver" sounds like a rejected name for Steely Dan lol
  
  Drive zambonis, all night long 🎶
- https://lemmy.world/c/fakebandnames
  You just gave me the idea to make a community for that since we didn't have one yet.
  
  Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !fakebandnames@lemmy.world
  
  Haha cool, I'll figure out how to join it, already some good submissions!
I thought this was an ai generated picture at first

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