Sgt_Mike1
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That's another aspect I forgot to address; as soon as you start manufacturing parts - and ATF now considers threading & chambering barrels a manufacturing operation - you're supposed to be a type 07 or type 10 FFL, not an 01 or 02. The licensure isn't much more expensive, but insurance certainly can be, and also a lot of commercial leases prohibit manufacturing, especially retail properties & units. So do a lot of zoning regs, city code and HOA rules for home based guys. And ATF does check that stuff, so if your location precludes a type 07 or type 10 license, armorer type work is all you can do legally.
LOL if you recall correctly they (ATF) got the ability to do that with the test run prior of Making Type 1 FFL's remove drill presses used to Drill and tap receivers for scope bases. No one objected, no one challenged their opinion so they have slowly expanded that opinion.
If a person can't chamber or install a barrel they aren't a gunsmith, do they have to have a lathe no not really plenty of places sell a prethread barrel. But if they can't chamber or headspace a weapon they are NOT a Gunsmith.
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