Showstoppers are replica Smith & Wesson Colt 45 revolvers designed to fire blanks. But experts yesterday confirmed they are easily converted into dead

GANGSTERS are flooding the streets of Scotland with crude but deadly s100 pistols, a Sunday Mail investigation reveals today.
We can expose hoodlum Billy Chapman as the mastermind behind the lethal trade - days after we watched him selling the weapons on a busy city street.
The guns - dubbed Showstoppers in the underworld - are smuggled into Britain from abroad - before being snapped up on the cheap by drug dealers and crime clan enforcers across Scotland.
And detectives are investigating whether one of the guns was used in the shooting of a 41-year-old in Glasgow 10 days ago.
Showstoppers are replica Smith & Wesson Colt 45 revolvers designed to fire blanks. But experts yesterday confirmed they are easily converted into deadly weapons capable of firing 9mm bullets.
A source close to Chapman said: "Guys are queuing up for one of his guns and he's doing a roaring trade because they're so cheap.