bigalexe
Member
Ok this is a few questions regarding building AK-47 receivers with the intent of sales.
1.) Would it be a profitable venture to mill my own receiver blanks, and buy parts kits. Then sell the assembled receiver.
2.) Assuming the above, at what point does it become a weapon and need to be registered with the ATF as such? I would like to avoid becoming a licensed manufacturer right off the top.
3.) Assuming I can produce some prototype blanks of serviceable/decent quality what are the chances I could work with a manufacturer producing just blanks for them. So I'm not doing any assembling or selling directly, just milling?
4.) Assuming I can get into manufacturing some of these, would any THR members volunteer to test the first few for me at no cost to you unless you really like them and decide to pay me. The catch being if the first few work out you may be asked to write about your experience. Also if they really suck I'll find something else to get into.
The reason I want to do this is because I just purchased a small manual vertical mill machine and according to what I've read AK-47 receivers are ridiculously easy to mill. So I'm trying to come up with some easy projects that I can use to payback the cost of my purchase.
1.) Would it be a profitable venture to mill my own receiver blanks, and buy parts kits. Then sell the assembled receiver.
2.) Assuming the above, at what point does it become a weapon and need to be registered with the ATF as such? I would like to avoid becoming a licensed manufacturer right off the top.
3.) Assuming I can produce some prototype blanks of serviceable/decent quality what are the chances I could work with a manufacturer producing just blanks for them. So I'm not doing any assembling or selling directly, just milling?
4.) Assuming I can get into manufacturing some of these, would any THR members volunteer to test the first few for me at no cost to you unless you really like them and decide to pay me. The catch being if the first few work out you may be asked to write about your experience. Also if they really suck I'll find something else to get into.
The reason I want to do this is because I just purchased a small manual vertical mill machine and according to what I've read AK-47 receivers are ridiculously easy to mill. So I'm trying to come up with some easy projects that I can use to payback the cost of my purchase.