A worker showing 4.5 mm caliber lead bullets in a small factory, part of the air rifle industry in Pare village, Kediri.

A worker showing 4.5 mm caliber lead bullets in a small factory, part of the air rifle industry in Pare  village, Kediri. Stock Photo
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Arief Priyono / Alamy Stock Photo

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DRB55Y

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46 MB (965.6 KB Compressed download)

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4928 x 3264 px | 41.7 x 27.6 cm | 16.4 x 10.9 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

8 April 2013

Location:

Kediri, East Java, Indonesia

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Hundreds of people in the village of Pare, Kediri, Indonesia live from producing air rifles. In this village there are at least 20 rifle makers. Pare rose to fame as a producer of rifles since 1967. Villagers learned to make the rifles from the village of Cipacing, West Java, which has been making guns since 1960. Air rifles uses a pneumatic system with air pressure. The rifle on the market has an average caliber of 4.5 mm to 5.5 mm.