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The Guardian - UK
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The air rifle capital of Indonesia – in pictures

Air rifle capital: A statue of a man firing a rifle stands at the entrance to Cipacing village
A statue of a man firing a rifle stands at the entrance to Cipacing village, aka Indonesia's air rifle capital Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: The shop owner's small son walks past air rifles on display at the shop nea
An air rifle shop owner's toddler son walks past the display of guns. This is just one of dozens of air rifle workshops in Cipacing village Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: A gunsmith checks the bore of a rifle barrel in a small air rifle factory
A gunsmith checks the bore of a rifle barrel in a small factory Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: Schoolchildren pass air rifle stocks laid out to cure
Schoolchildren pass wooden air rifle stocks laid out to cure in the sun Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: A gunsmith shapes a part of a trigger assembly
A gunsmith shapes part of a trigger assembly Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: A waiter brings out a meal from the kitchen of a combined air rifle shop/re
A waiter serves a meal from the kitchen of a Cipacing restaurant that doubles as an air rifle shop Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: Gunsmiths work in a small air rifle factory
Gunsmiths at work in Cipacing Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: An air rifle shopkeeper waits for customers at her shop
An air rifle shopkeeper awaits customers Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
Air rifle capital: Gunsmiths work in a small air rifle factory
Gunsmiths work in another small factory Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
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