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If you are having to beat the bolt open you really should make sure it's not an overpressure situation. By polishing the chamber, the case doesn't grip as well during firing and transfers that load back to the bolt lugs, as stated above. It can also be caused from the case itself. If the...

I wonder if this would also be applied to fireworks? I'd really like to see his face when he saw what exploding targets do, or thermite. Would he suggest regulating rust and aluminum? There are loads of readily made compounds that are explosive that are NOT gunpowder or blackpowder. It really is...

AND it's STILL a federal license to get! I would still recommend contacting the local batf office and let them give you a written determination.

Congrats! Whatever you do, just don't post a pic of him holding a gun with a grin on his face:rolleyes:

I don't think you would need anywhere near $50 k for tooling. Like I said, you can probably get a nice south bend and enough tooling to do muzzle brakes, crowns, contours and the likes for under $10k, and that might get you a mill as well. You just need to get a big enough lathe to thread the...

Mine are both straight English Mastiffs. I see that in the pic you have, but I don't see the bullmastiff in him. They're great dogs, but don't expect to win a tug-of-war contest.

I am not claiming to be an expert on this, and I really don't think anyone wants to take that responsibility, but the BEST thing to do is contact the batf and get some sort of determination from them. What I posted was copied from the atf reg book, and you are correct, it really doesn't...

I have 2 more dogs, but the blanket mole jack russell rarely comes out from her cave unless it's to torment the male mastiff and I also have a female mastiff, who is shorter than the male, but can only be described as "thick". The male is 180lbs, while the female is well over 200. Once in...

You may be correct on the exact requirements, but this is from ATF Pub 5300.4 (I1) Is a license needed to engage in the business of engraving, customizing, refinishing or repairing firearms? Yes. A person conducting such activities as a business is considered to be a gunsmith within the...

Here's my 4 legger when he was a little less gray in the face. He's not much of a hunter, or a retriever, but still, he's one heck of a dog. Yes, he weighs more than me but I can p higher up a tree:D

It would be a losing proposition unless you had a lot of people looking for a gunsmith in your area. Right off the bat, you need to check your local and state laws and meet those requirements. Depending on where you live, it might not be anything, but when you get to the federal level, you...

Sidecar, yeah, I feel the same way about that dirtbag. He got several years in the can, IIRC, but it was due to other charges. He got the animal abuse charges stacked on, but they were only misdemeanors. My dogs mean the world to me as well, but the wifes jack russell pushes her luck a lot. My...

A scope on an 835 gave me my first firearm injury, 6 stitches to be exact. Using 3-1/2" #4s, guess what happened?:rolleyes: I was turkey hunting before work, and after 2 days at the public hunting spot near the job I had figured out how a tom was moving. He wouldn't stray off course, so I...

I wanted to know more about them too. You can make your own (legally) as long as your state allows possession, but you still have to get the stamp for it. Here is a site that should answer just about all your questions, from forms to suppliers and even designs and performance...

Looks like you have a hunting destination in AK next year:)