MagnumDweeb
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I was reading the post about flamethrowers being legal, http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=425245, but that was not what got my attention. Rather it was the bit about home brew firearms being legal. The comment about one being able to build full-auto guns made me nervous because as I understood it the NFA regulated the manufacture of fully-automatic firearms meaning one could not make one without first getting the okay from the feds. But as it stands, homebrews firearms that are not full auto are regulated by states, I'm not entirely sure though. One commentator was kind enough to mention the NFA bit and that folks should check their Federal and state laws.
If it's for your own personal use then if your state allows then it may be okay, again don't quote me here, just from what I have picked up.
I'm a big time gearhead and fell in love with doing to AKM kits, and one VZ-58 kit and am doing a CETME kit, granted none of them are finished because I still have to bend and heat treat the receivers so I'm waiting on a couple of official and stamped letters from the powers that be, before I do them in semi-auto only with necessary compliance.
There are more I'll tackle as my workshop shifts from Uncle's quaint single room (add on to the garage) ton press, drill press, and series of vices, someday in the future hopefully.
One day though I'd like to tackle home brews of actual firearms like breach loaders with hardened and heat treated barrels, receivers, and other necessary actions. Maybe the occassional cap-and-ball revovler rifle. Really just old classics, for the sake of the art of gunsmithing as well... an art. Some folks have clay pots, some paint pictures, but I'd love to build on my love of working on motorcycles in all things metal mastering and such (grunts like Tim Allen).
Does anyone know of some big no-no's other than than the full-auto thing. Hey twenty years from now it'd be fun to tackle a Gatling if it's legal. I just want, like near all firearm owners, to abide by the law.
If it's for your own personal use then if your state allows then it may be okay, again don't quote me here, just from what I have picked up.
I'm a big time gearhead and fell in love with doing to AKM kits, and one VZ-58 kit and am doing a CETME kit, granted none of them are finished because I still have to bend and heat treat the receivers so I'm waiting on a couple of official and stamped letters from the powers that be, before I do them in semi-auto only with necessary compliance.
There are more I'll tackle as my workshop shifts from Uncle's quaint single room (add on to the garage) ton press, drill press, and series of vices, someday in the future hopefully.
One day though I'd like to tackle home brews of actual firearms like breach loaders with hardened and heat treated barrels, receivers, and other necessary actions. Maybe the occassional cap-and-ball revovler rifle. Really just old classics, for the sake of the art of gunsmithing as well... an art. Some folks have clay pots, some paint pictures, but I'd love to build on my love of working on motorcycles in all things metal mastering and such (grunts like Tim Allen).
Does anyone know of some big no-no's other than than the full-auto thing. Hey twenty years from now it'd be fun to tackle a Gatling if it's legal. I just want, like near all firearm owners, to abide by the law.