I know this sounds feddy, but bonus if they're improvised, cos that shits awesome.
One of my favourites is the PRIG - an IRA made grenade launcher that used a packet of biscuits to offset and quieten the backblast.
I also made a crossbow that fired nuts and bolts using wood and resistance bands. Not a weapon of war and would never be lethal, but also probably not very legal where I'm from. I just used it to plink cans in the back garden when I was bored. Was actually quite a scarily powerful and accurate device for how crude it was.
Gotta be basic and go with the AK. It is the second most produced weapon in human history, only after the spear. A true people's weapon