A high school sophomore in Japan has been crafting impressive full-scale replicas of military firearms. The replicas are carved from wood blocks and feature an impressive amount of detail, including working triggers and magazines.
The Facebook group Komatsu Factory was first discovered by The Firearm Blog. The group is run by an unnamed high school student in Japan who uses it to show off the complex wooden models.
Komatsu Factory group shows off several types of handguns, submachine guns, and pistols. The “guns” feature folding stocks, removable ammunition magazines, and Picatinny accessory rails that look like they actually work. Many of them at least partially disassemble, with a Smith & Wesson M&P 9-millimeter pistol breaking down into receiver, slide, and barrel.
The unnamed student has built an arsenal of wooden guns, including a Howa Type 89 assault rifle, the official weapon of the Japan Self Defense Forces, FN SCAR assault rifle, Heckler & Koch MP-7 submachine gun, and VSS Vintorez suppressed submachine gun. He’s also built a Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber anti-material rifle, but that’s positively plain compared to some of the other things he’s made.
The wooden guns are apparently getting more and more sophisticated as the builder becomes more skilled. His latest creation is a replica of the U.S. Army’s M110 sniper rifle, complete with working magazine that accepts dummy 7.62 millimeter bullets. The M110 even features a bolt catch, safety selector, and trigger group that will be familiar to AR-15 owners. Although the tiny parts disassemble correctly, they cannot be used to fire real bullets.
Komatsu Group’s work can be seen and followed here.
Kyle Mizokami is a writer on defense and security issues and has been at Popular Mechanics since 2015. If it involves explosions or projectiles, he's generally in favor of it. Kyle’s articles have appeared at The Daily Beast, U.S. Naval Institute News, The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, Combat Aircraft Monthly, VICE News, and others. He lives in San Francisco.
