Khyber Pass copy

Copies of British Martini and Snider firearms built in the Khyber region

A Khyber Pass copy is a firearm manufactured by cottage gunsmiths in the Khyber Pass region in Pakistan.

The area has long had a reputation for producing unlicensed copies of firearms using whatever materials are available; more often than not, railway rails, scrap motor vehicles, and other scrap metal with basic hand tools.^[1] The quality of such firearms varies widely, ranging from as good as a factory-produced example to dangerously poor.

^ Ahmad, Riaz (July 23, 2013). "The Way of the Gun". Small Arms Defense Journal. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

[:0-1] Ahmad, Riaz (July 23, 2013). "The Way of the Gun". Small Arms Defense Journal. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

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