Welcome to the 28th episode of the Silah Report Podcast, we recently had the pleasure of speaking with Noori, an artisan who runs a business of handcrafting decorations on firearms in Iraq. We have covered Noori’s interesting work in past articles here at Silah Report. To say that the quality of his artwork is incredibly professional and its quality is extremely beautiful would be an understatement. In our interview with him, we enquired in-depth abut Iraqi gun culture, his background, how he entered the field, his business in a war-torn country, the challenges he faced and what does think the future holds for him.
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The Iraqi Al-Qadisiyah Sniper Rifle
Perhaps one of the more elusive Dragunov-clones in recent small arms history, the 7.62×54mmR Al-Qadisiyah (or al-Kadesiah – depending on transliteration) precision rifle is one of only two precision rifles that Saddam Hussein’s defense armaments industry al-Kadesiah Establishments produced from the 1980s until 2003 (other being the 7.62×39mm Tabuk Sniper). Named after the 637 A.D. Battle of Al-Qadisiyah in which an advancing Islamic army fought against Persian Sassanian forces in what is now southern Iraq. Iraq’s indigenous small arms took their names after famous battles, commanders or important landmarks.