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Introducing the world's smallest gun that fires deadly 300mph bullets - but is just TWO inches long
By ANDY DOLAN - More by this author » Last updated at 16:39pm on 5th March 2008

Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch.


The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range.
Officially the world's smallest working revolver, the gun is being marketed as a collector's item and measures just 2.16 inches long (5.5cm). It can fire real 4.53 bullets up to a range of 367ft (112m). The stainless steel gun costs £3,000 although 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.


It cannot be imported into the UK, and buyers in Switzerland and Europe must produce an import permit from police to obtain one.
The gun 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.
Jonathan Spencer, consultant forensic scientist and firearms expert, said that although the gun, which fires bullets at a speed of 399 feet a second, was tiny, it could still prove fatal and in the eyes of the law was as dangerous as a machine gun.
He said: "The general threshold for perforating the skin is about 330 feet a second.
"Apart from bone, skin offers the greatest resistance to penetration. If it can pass through the skin it is potentially lethal, even if the bullets are small.
"If you shoved something 3mm across into someone's chest you could kill them. It's the same with these bullets, they could penetrate the heart.
"It is capable of killing someone. Under section 5 of the Firearms Act it would be a prohibited weapon. It would be on the same scale as a machine gun." The gun shoots 2.34 mm calibre rim fire ammunition especially developed for it as the smallest rim fire ammunition in the world.


The gun is the first product of the SwissMiniGun company, a gunsmiths based at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Owner Paul Erard said that since the product's launch three years ago, the firm had sold around 300 of the guns, mainly to collectors in the Middle and Far East.
He said: "We are producing in very small quantities - perhaps 25 gold guns and 100 steel guns a year, and there is a six month waiting list to get one.
"We will make whatever the customer wishes for. The most expensive version we have sold cost £30,000 and was covered in diamonds and came with a gold chain."
Other bespoke finishes available include ebony grips, hand engraved grips, gold grips with diamonds or collared precious stones.
Mr Erard said that although the double action revolver is similar in appearance to a Colt Python full-size weapon, it was actually based on a Swiss-made revolver.
In September 2006 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF) in New York issued a warning about the gun after being alerted by a police officer who spotted it on a website.
Special Agent William McMahon said the gun was so small it could pass for a key fob, and warned it made the perfect stealth weapon for serious criminals.
But Mr Erard denied the gun was deadly and said it was only a tenth as powerful as some air guns.
"Since September 11 there has been a lot of paranoia in America", he said.
"It is ridiculous. Why would criminals want my gun when you can go out and buy a Kalashnikov there already?" A Guinness World Records spokesman confirmed the gun held the record as the word's smallest working revolver.

8182KSKUSH Reviewed by 8182KSKUSH on 03-06-2008. Finally, a gun just right for the baby! Introducing the world's smallest gun that fires deadly 300mph bullets - but is just TWO inches long By ANDY DOLAN - More by this author » Last updated at 16:39pm on 5th March 2008 Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch. The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range. Officially the world's smallest working revolver, the gun is being marketed as a collector's item and measures just 2.16 Rating: 5

[bluebird]

How do you even pull the trigger on something that small? Look at the trigger hole............ smaller than that person's finger. No way you'd be able to actually hold it like real gun and shoot. Just too tiny.

[Zimzum]

This is great. I like how the holster has a key ring with it! But seriously I would fear a .22 over this thing and I can probably do more damage to someone with my paintball guns.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Owner Paul Erard said that since the product's launch three years ago, the firm had sold around 300 of the guns, mainly to collectors in the Middle and Far East.
"Since September 11 there has been a lot of paranoia in America", he said.
"It is ridiculous. Why would criminals want my gun when you can go out and buy a Kalashnikov there already?" A Guinness World Records spokesman confirmed the gun held the record as the word's smallest working revolver.

The asshole is selling guns mainly to "collectors in the Middle and Far East ", and then accuses us of 9/11 paranoia!

If this gun is so non-lethal, then he should make a video of himself being shot with one to prove it.

We don't need those guns in New York City, that's for sure.

[zeitgeist]

lol at that gun. It was just made for the record books, that's all

[killerweed420]

Thats a pretty funny gun. You couldn't hit anything except the end of your finger.lol
I use to have a 45 colt dual barrell derringer with a 2" barrell. Couldn't even hit a stop sign at 20 feet.

[budz4buddy]

its cute, :wtf:but I have doubts it could do any serious harm, unless shot point blank right into a eye, throat and maybe the back of the head

a simple metal writing pen, would seem more effective to me

[rebgirl420]

We don't need those guns in New York City, that's for sure.

I have to disagree. If theres anything the state of New York (and especially NYC) needs is a lift on gun bans.

[Breukelen advocaat]

I have to disagree. If theres anything the state of New York (and especially NYC) needs is a lift on gun bans.

I'm curious as to why you feel this way. We're doing doing much better, in terms of crime rates, than most of the states where guns are less regulated. New York City is very safe these days. Basically, more guns equals more crime.

They bombed a recruitment center early this morning, but I doubt that citizens with guns would have been able to do much to prevent that.

[Rusty Trichome]

I'm curious as to why you feel this way. We're doing doing much better, in terms of crime rates, than most of the states where guns are less regulated. New York City is very safe these days. Basically, more guns equals more crime.

2nd Ammendment gurantees us the right to keep and bear firearms, and there is no evidence that restricting guns will lower the crime rate. A thief or murderer will still rob and kill, just by using other means.
Should we ban cars, because morons maim and kill while driving drunk? ...while evading police? ...while putting on make-up, or eating, or on the cell phone?
As with guns, it's not the car that kills folks, it's the irresponsible driver. And there's not even a Z28 Ammendment. (the right to keep and drive two-ton weapons)

The DC Gun Ban:

"Today, gun control makes people demonstrably less safe-- as any honest examination of criminal statistics reveals. In his book "More Guns, Less Crime," scholar John Lott demolishes the myth that gun control reduces crime. On the contrary, Lott shows that cities with strict gun control--like Washington DC--experience higher rates of murder and violent crime. It is no coincidence that violent crime flourishes in the nation's capital, where the individual's right to defend himself has been most severely curtailed.

Understand that residents of DC can be convicted of a felony and put in prison simply for having a gun in their home, even if they live in a very dangerous neighborhood. The DC gun ban is no joke, and the legal challenges to the ban are not simply academic exercises. People's lives and safety are at stake.

Gun control historically serves as a gateway to tyranny. Tyrants from Hitler to Mao to Stalin have sought to disarm their own citizens, for the simple reason that unarmed people are easier to control. Our Founders, having just expelled the British army, knew that the right to bear arms serves as the guardian of every other right. This is the principle so often ignored by both sides in the gun control debate. Only armed citizens can resist tyrannical government."

They bombed a recruitment center early this morning, but I doubt that citizens with guns would have been able to do much to prevent that.

Likely a member of code pink, but how does that figure into this discussion? I guess an armed citizen could have shot the sob as he rode off, tho.