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People have been making their own guns since guns were first made.
1 posted on 11/21/2012 8:31:02 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Cool. I want one.


2 posted on 11/21/2012 8:40:14 AM PST by Nachum (The List is off the Google blacklist- www.nachumlist.com)
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Yep. When I was 12 years old I made my first “zip gun” in 22 short with a car antenna, a rubber band, a hammer from a cap gun, and some wood for a handle. It worked occasionally but it developed into a serious romantic attachment to guns. :-)
3 posted on 11/21/2012 8:41:53 AM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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detailed plans for lower receivers are available all over the internet and more and more people have access to CNC machines now, so this is not surprising. The rest of the parts, uppers, etc, are all available without checks and are not serialized.


4 posted on 11/21/2012 8:42:06 AM PST by mnehring
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I guess some people expect the democrats who now have more power than ever to make it illegal for honest, law-abiding citizens to own guns and to deliberately allow criminals to have guns.
What gives them that idea?


5 posted on 11/21/2012 8:43:05 AM PST by I want the USA back (NRA Life member.)
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To: marktwain
Exactly. Back in the 80s, a machinist buddy of mine made a wild looking single-shot 50-cal pistol. He was big on safety. So it was massively overbuilt, very heavy and chunky looking. Still... I wanted it! :-)

All you'd need is a small machine shop in your garage and you'd be up and running. People probably need to understand, however, that all the usual restrictions apply: no machine guns or other guns that would make Schumer's panties bunch up. Not saying I agree with it (I definitely do not). Just saying you'll be opening yourself up to prosecution if you start manufacturing machine guns in your garage or anywhere else that's trying to fly under law enforcement's radar.

6 posted on 11/21/2012 8:54:21 AM PST by LibWhacker
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Too bad News10 did a story like this. I now expect that there will be other news stories and the legislature will step in to try and put a stop to it.


7 posted on 11/21/2012 8:57:08 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: marktwain

It seems that with CNC machine tools, one can make one’s own gun simply by renting the time on a machine that is programmed for it, and being the one to press the “start” button.

Very clever.


9 posted on 11/21/2012 9:01:22 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Hold My Beer and Watch This!)
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They are amazingly simple to build when you have the know-how and a few tools. John Browning introduced some revolutionary developments in the firearms industry with nothing more than a backyard machine shop and 1840s technology.

My father helped me build a wicked long hunting knife in the garage with nothing more than 1960s technology and a worn out 18" long steel file that he gotten at a garage sale for a quarter.

11 posted on 11/21/2012 9:26:47 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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It is very easy to construct a cheaply made gun with very few tools. Think about the homemade Sten submachine guns used by European and Israeli fighters in the 1940’s. The Israelis also made their own ammunition in underground factories in various Kibbutz.
17 posted on 11/21/2012 10:36:33 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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19 posted on 11/21/2012 11:07:23 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The parasites now outnumber the producers.)
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To: marktwain

Yep.

If people would quit fixating on making an AR-15, they could make many quality guns with nothing more than a simple lathe. If they’re willing to invest a fair bit of time, they could make a passable gun with a drill press and a bunch of hand files.

If people get off their plush posteriors and started reading (there’s that word again) about older single-shot guns from the 1880’s to 1900 or so, they’d find that there were many falling/rolling block designs one can make pretty easily without much in the way of machine tooling. All you’d really need to buy would be a barrel. You’ll need to buy a chamber reamer, but you can ream a chamber by hand, you can make all the cuts needed by hand, and if you clamp rather than thread the barrel into the receiver, you might not even need a lathe.


20 posted on 11/21/2012 11:31:30 AM PST by NVDave
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Certainly an interesting article, but why go through the trouble of setting up a machine shop when all the ammo, guns and armaments you’ll ever need are sitting there for the taking?

Come on, guys. Do you really believe that the forecasters at the National Weather Service will be shooting cop-killer bullets out their arses and hitting targets at 500 meters?


23 posted on 11/21/2012 4:30:31 PM PST by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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It’s a wonderful place and the guys who own it are extremely nice and helpful!


27 posted on 11/22/2012 9:07:20 AM PST by CAluvdubya (We're doomed....)
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This book has everything you need to know:

http://www.amazon.com/Improvised-Munitions-Handbook-TM-210/dp/B000OQRFMQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1353623138&sr=8-5&keywords=improvised+munitions

After Hurricane Katrina, everyone should have a copy on hand.


30 posted on 11/22/2012 2:30:35 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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P4L


31 posted on 01/11/2013 9:08:03 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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