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ATF raids '80% complete receiver' manufacturer, looking for 'illegal guns'
St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 10 March, 2014 | Kurt Hofmann

Posted on 03/10/2014 8:59:22 AM PDT by marktwain

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To: marktwain

Lucky the place didn’t get burned down with tanks.


61 posted on 03/10/2014 8:10:54 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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Btw - this reminds me of Wilson Blair....


62 posted on 03/10/2014 8:15:18 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Actually not true. You can sell them, you just can’t be “in the business of making them for sale”. So if you make one and later decide you don’t need it, you can sell it. But you probably don’t want to make one on Friday and sell it on Saturday, nor to make and sell 10 a year or something.


63 posted on 03/10/2014 11:25:43 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: VRWCarea51

I suspect they’ll “find” child porn or a second set of books or both.


64 posted on 03/10/2014 11:43:58 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Ancesthntr

So the guys in trouble for following the rules? I know a lot of bureaucrats like that.


65 posted on 03/10/2014 11:46:07 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Remember the olden days back when it was the Constitution that determined things and not the unelected portions executive branch.


66 posted on 03/10/2014 11:47:52 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: William Tell
"Most of the 80% receiver manufacturers who were targeted by the BATF, raided, and prosecuted in court have exited the business."

Fixed it for you. Many more have taken their place, but it is probably only time until they are raided, too.

BTW, having "build parties" is what tripped up a few of them. And, having a CNC machine programmed to machine it, leaving you only having to push the "on" button was another one.

A previous injection moulded plastic lower manufacturer offered one that was complete except for enlarging the undersized existing holes in the sides. Since it took VERY little time to injection mould a lower, just enlarging the holes was truly 20% of the work time. They are no longer in business. My guess is that the latest one was just too easy to complete.

67 posted on 03/11/2014 5:03:42 AM PDT by jim_trent
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jim_trent said: "Fixed it for you."

Thanks. I was relieved to see that Brownells still had 80% lowers on their web site. I seem to recall an article describing a Chinese concern which was calculating their upcoming shipments by the ton. There must be a lot of interest.

Gun owners are so accident-prone these days that it seems like a lot of work just to see one's carefully crafted receiver sink to the bottom of a lake. Future generations may be mystified by the hazards to navigation created by such hobbyists.

68 posted on 03/11/2014 9:04:00 AM PDT by William Tell
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To: 1010RD

They were after the customer list...that is why they let him go.


69 posted on 03/11/2014 7:56:05 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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