I was just thinking and this thought came to mind. If you gave a machinist a frame or receiver to duplicate. Then buy and add the parts to make a working gun. Would this be illegal? Just a thought no intentions on doing so. Thanks
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According to Mooseman you CAN make a firearm. It cannot fall into the BATF banned firearm list. It cannot be full auto. The 1911's patent expired long ago so you can make 1911 clones. The BATF rules state you cannot sell or give away any firearm you manufactured. It can only be owned by the manufacturer. Upon your death it would have to be destroyed.
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According to Mooseman you CAN make a firearm. It cannot fall into the BATF banned firearm list. It cannot be full auto. The 1911's patent expired long ago so you can make 1911 clones. The BATF rules state you cannot sell or give away any firearm you manufactured. It can only be owned by the manufacturer. Upon your death it would have to be destroyed.
A 1911 style is exactly what came to mind when I thought of this. Thanks
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A 1911 style is exactly what came to mind when I thought of this. Thanks
I doubt I'll ever get around to making my own gun. But if I did, the chances of my son destroying it upon my death would be somewhere between slim and none...
I doubt I'll ever get around to making my own gun. But if I did, the chances of my son destroying it upon my death would be somewhere between slim and none...
lol Ya I would say that would be a problem for a lot of us.
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Besides, how likely would A) the BATFE be to pursue a one-off gun; and B) the local law enforcement professionals be to know the law on homebuilt guns?
Besides, how likely would A) the BATFE be to pursue a one-off gun; and B) the local law enforcement professionals be to know the law on homebuilt guns?
I dunno; the BATF gets weird sometimes. Remember the guy who was convicted of having a full auto gun because he lent another guy a semi, and it malfunctioned?
I could really see them dumping heaps of money, time and effort into making a criminal out of some poor schmo who was holding onto his dad's homemade gun as a family heirloom...their priorities can get very strange.
Well a homemade does not have to be registered, so how the heck would teh ATF even know it existed if your son or daughter or whatever were to take possession of said firearm prior to your demise? If any questions arose, the heir could conceivably claim that it was built by said heir with minor assistance from the parent. The government would have absolutely no way of knowing when it was built really.
I have been thinking of building my own AK and AR one-offs out here in the PRK...
The AK would not be too hard, jigs and flats or 80% receiver sans serial maybe. Have a press and everything else I'd need for sure.
AR... dunno...
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Oh, and your Machinist buddy cannot legally make the firearm and give it to you (as far as I know...). He could however provide considerable assistance in the building of the firearm.
If you obtain a manufacturer's license, it will take care of all the little problems discussed here. Anything built, that needs to have an ID number affixed, would be considered a manufactured firearm. The stripped lower reciever of an AR is considered the firearm, because it is the only part with the serial number.
Thats some interesting info.
I had a friend who had a Sten
9mm carbine and talked about
having a reciever built for it.
He had everything but the reciever.
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As a blast from the past, what about the 'zip' guns that precursors to our modern gansta's made from car antennas and firing .22 RF ammo? The things were crude, but suppposedly worked when they didn't blow up. Or is that just some old urban legend?
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