Washington-based gun maker Hurricane Butterfly showcased an HK416 — the weapon used to take out Osama Bin Laden — modified into as a pistol during SHOT Show 2019 in Las Vegas.
Hurricane’s CEO Jason Wong explained that the design had been restricted to law enforcement and military, but now with Hurricane’s modifications the gun is available for the civilian gun loving public.
“This is a semi-auto 416 pistol configuration, we found semi-auto receivers in Europe, sourced them, and assembled them into complete weapons,” Wong said, describing the firearm.
Although Hurricane assembled it using some non-Heckler & Koch parts, the configuration is very nearly identical to the design used to kill Bin Laden.