Made to look like a us BAR. magazine holds 4 rounds of unknown shot shell, its bolt action, all hand made, most of the shot gun used a modified 50 cal shell filled with powder and rock or small scraps of metal
I have an article from the AUTO MAG, napca magazine that describes this weapon or one like it going around in Vietnam during the war, it describes the damage to a T
Viet cong or inprovised stick grenade, US grenade on a hand made stick with a timer, not sure who made this one, found at a military shop in St Louis, INERT
Only ones known, captured by a ARVN and carried until he was killed and taken from him by a special forces sog vet. There is a letter from the vet with documentation from Jason hardy