USAF_Vet
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I have designed a few 'WROL' type guns a la Peter Luty and his British Standard Pipe sub machine gun. Obviously his design is highly illegal in the USA (and in his native England) as an open bolt, short barrel, full auto, newly manufactured machine gun. His design is also a smooth bore, which I know is illegal for home made pistols (without an NFA stamp to manufacture an AOW) but what about long guns?
On paper, I've designed a semi auto gun firing from a closed bolt that can be manufactured using a few basic power tools and hand tools. Im at the point where manufacture of the design can be started, but my barrel is smooth bore. I could build a rifling jig and throw in the lathe at work, but that defeats the purpose. The BSP, like the STEN before it, was essentially a last ditch gun that could be mass produced as quickly as possible using as little as possible, and my goal is to replicate that with a US legal design.
The smooth bore is my road block. If it were designed to feed a .410 shot shell, I'd be good to go, but as this design is for a .38 special, I need to know if a smooth bore is okay. I'm assuming if it is legal, it will need an 18"+ barrel. If rifled, however, 16" would be the legal mark.
On paper, I initially designed it as a convertable handgun with the option to add a stock and a quick change long barrel, but scrapped the idea until I can figure out a simple 'garage gunsmith' barrel rifling system.
On paper, I've designed a semi auto gun firing from a closed bolt that can be manufactured using a few basic power tools and hand tools. Im at the point where manufacture of the design can be started, but my barrel is smooth bore. I could build a rifling jig and throw in the lathe at work, but that defeats the purpose. The BSP, like the STEN before it, was essentially a last ditch gun that could be mass produced as quickly as possible using as little as possible, and my goal is to replicate that with a US legal design.
The smooth bore is my road block. If it were designed to feed a .410 shot shell, I'd be good to go, but as this design is for a .38 special, I need to know if a smooth bore is okay. I'm assuming if it is legal, it will need an 18"+ barrel. If rifled, however, 16" would be the legal mark.
On paper, I initially designed it as a convertable handgun with the option to add a stock and a quick change long barrel, but scrapped the idea until I can figure out a simple 'garage gunsmith' barrel rifling system.
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