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Vietnam camera gun, nice wooden stock with a Bolex 8mm

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http://i.gizmodo.com/5141251/a-vietnam-reporters-8mm-camera-gun-if-looks-could-kill

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By Mark Wilson, 3:20 PM on Wed Jan 28 2009, 1,790 views
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While most people on the front lines would hope to pack a 9mm or better, one Vietnam reporter carried this deadly-looking Bolex 8mm camera gun that did nothing but shoot film.
As Boing Boing Gadgets points out, even if the rifle components offered the shooter some level of stability amidst the whizzing bullets of a war zone, would you ever want to look like you were aiming a gun at someone if you weren't really aiming a gun at someone?
You can bid on this Bolex H-8 on eBay now (it's over $1,000), or you can just get your kicks by just reading about all the vintage Bolex cameras instead.
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