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Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: bpti on April 03, 2004, 09:29:40 AM

what do US laws say on that?

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: lazs2 on April 03, 2004, 09:33:50 AM

Short answer.... no.

lazs

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: Horn on April 03, 2004, 10:04:42 AM

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Originally posted by lazs2
Short answer.... no.

lazs

BS. You can get an application from the BATF.

h

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: Dune on April 03, 2004, 10:07:24 AM

What do you mean by homebuilt?  My gunsmith's job is to take parts and put them together to make a gun.

If you mean putting one together by yourself, from scratch; it can be done.  A friend of mine has a licensed Sten gun that he made from a piece of pipe.  It's ugly, his torch job left a little to be desired, but it works  :)

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: lazs2 on April 03, 2004, 11:26:38 AM

oh yeah... talk to the BATF... now that would be a smart thing to do..

Maybe I am wrong in what he wants but yu can 'build" a gun from the (numbered) frame/ reciever once you get that part through an FFL dealer..  

If you want to build it from scratch you need to talk to the BATF.

lazs

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: Ghosth on April 03, 2004, 11:27:37 AM

I believe Black powder muzzleloaders can be built legally without a licence.

Will likely vary by state.

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: bpti on April 03, 2004, 11:30:57 AM

I'm interested in building a replica flintlock pistol. That'd be muzzle-loading and would use black powder.

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: Monk on April 03, 2004, 11:34:51 AM

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oh yeah... talk to the BATF... now that would be a smart thing to do..

Yup, the next thing you will hear is this (http://www.sound-effects-library.com/free/sounds/helicopter/VCD07019.MP3)

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: lazs2 on April 03, 2004, 11:37:13 AM

Dixie gun works has lots of kits for building muzzle loaders.

lazs

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: beet1e on April 03, 2004, 02:25:53 PM

Zip guns!

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Originally posted by lazs2
Dixie gun works has lots of kits for building muzzle loaders.

lazs

Dixie Gun Works? Is that what you call that third bedroom of yours?  :lol

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: Mark Luper on April 03, 2004, 06:15:21 PM

Yeah, Dixie Gun Works will sell you a "kit" or you can purchase the parts you want to build up your own "kit". Made a visit there some time ago and it is a neat store. Unless you have a FFL or are a resident of Tennesee you would be limited to buying only black powder parts or kits.

Title: homebuilt guns
Post by: capt. apathy on April 03, 2004, 08:53:20 PM

not sure what the laws are now.  but when I was a kid blackpowder guns (non-cartridge) wher not even classified as firearms, just weapons.  so they had the same type of regulation as a sword or and air-riffle.

I imagine the laws are still simular, since you can still order black powder guns through the mail, without going through a dealer or a background check.

in junior high metal shop I turned a .75 cal cannon out of brass.  shot it fairly regularly until it came up missing some time around my senior year of highschool.  I also built a .36 derringer as a craft project in highschool.   amazing how much things have changed in the last 20 years.