Which end of this gun was dangerous?

Detail of Mau Mau rifle circa 1952 to 1956

In 1946, the Kenya African Union was formed with its main agitator Jomo Kenyatta, who was also the instigator of what came to be called the Mau Mau Rebellion. The Mau Mau at its height had around twelve thousand activists and the war against these fighters was conducted in the jungle around the Aberdare Mountain ranges. From 1952 to 1956 the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers were in turn sent there to protect the civilian population and hunt down the Mau Mau.

The image, right, shows how the Mau Mau made guns from very basic materials with, in this example, a bolt action to fire a bullet that was made with a door bolt.