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To: woodbutcher1963
"This 22-Year-Old Built a .50 Cal Rifle Out of Home Depot Parts "

Photos or it didn't happen.

3 posted on 03/13/2026 12:39:00 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

I think he is well beyond building weapons that are fired by gun powder.

https://machindustries.com/

https://machindustries.com/articles


6 posted on 03/13/2026 12:49:26 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Paal Gulli
Didn't happen? I know a guy:

"With no engineering background, Ronnie Barrett hand-sketched plans at home for a .50BMG repeating semi-automatic rifle. Later, he found a partner in tool and die maker Bob Mitchell and an employee at a sheet metal fabricator in Smyrna, Tennessee. Four months later a prototype was finished.

A second prototype shown off at a gun show in Houston would garner starting capital for Barrett from three investors, necessary for the Barrett Firearms Manufacturing company and production of the first 30 rifles for private use. Large-scale commercial success came when the CIA acquired an unknown number of rifles for arming the Afghan mujahideen as part of the Soviet–Afghan War effort."

BarrettM8A1

7 posted on 03/13/2026 12:51:04 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (is but a simple cave man. Your technology frightens and confuses him.)
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To: Paal Gulli

I need that grocery list, for uh, science....


13 posted on 03/13/2026 1:17:57 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: Paal Gulli

“Photos or it didn’t happen.”

indeed ...


16 posted on 03/13/2026 2:14:43 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Paal Gulli

Can you imagine the chamber pressure? I’m with you photos are it ain’t do


26 posted on 03/14/2026 12:15:43 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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