Gun Nuts: Idea -- Let's Get Serious Here

[mrplunkey]

The only part of a gun that requires an FFL to manufacture or sell is whatever part has the serial number. On AR's it's the lower receiver. On AK's it's the receiver. Most rifles it's the barrel and most handguns are the frame. Everything else is just parts and it's perfectly legal to make and sell.

You also need to make sue you are 922r compliant in that you have 51% American made parts.

I work in the RP and additive manufacturing industry and I make gun parts, 80% receivers and FDM parts all the time. My only concern is ITAR compliance. What my customers do is of no concern to me.

That's it -- the guy I knew was machining the receiver. I bet it was where the serial number was located, hence the FFL issues.

So if someone bought an off-the-shelf barrel that had an FFL serial number, I could make/print all the other parts myself? What if the weapon I made was a full automatic? Is that illegal? (I'd think it is).

I'm pretty sure I'd have to buy/use an FFL to transfer it, but the person making it would be doing it for personal use.

 

[WoodyO]

In order to have a full auto weapon you must have paid for a class III tax stamp. It only cost around $200 to apply for one.

Laws vary from state-to-state, but yes, you should be able to purchase whatever component has the serial number then manufacture the rest yourself, as long as you don't build it up into a style of weapon that may be banned in your particular state.

Also, say you went to a gun show and bought an AK parts kit, took it home, cleaned it and built it into a full functioning AK - then you'd need to make sure you swap out 51% of the foreign parts to make it 922r compliant. For an AK, the receiver is the part with the serial number, but since you are buying a kit, the receiver is cut in half. You can buy a receiver flat and build your own jig to shape it, weld in the rails, punch the rivets yourself and assemble the rifle all in your own garage. You can legally sell this weapon without an FFL, however you are required to make up a serial number and put it on the receiver. It can be anything like Plunkey001.

 

[Dial_tone]

Am I not selling cars if I sell them without a gas pedal or brakes?

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[bigbassturd]

Dial tone what do you think about 'personal use' marijuana?

 

[-SD-]

Dial tone what do you think about 'personal use' marijuana?

Or personal use steroids

 

[bigbassturd]

teh DEA knows all

 

[Soulthief]

Am I not selling cars if I sell them without a gas pedal or brakes?

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You can still drive a car, slowly, without them. It still functions. If you have an unfinished piece of metal for a gun you're just "that guy" that is pointing it at people yelling "bang, bang!"

 

[-SD-]

teh DEA knows all

Teh DEA will fly a choppah into your backyard

 

[bigbassturd]

Knot for long lol

 

[bigbassturd]

Teh DEA will fly a choppah into your backyard

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