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I have some raw forgings (AR) that I'd like someone to get to 80%.
Is this legal?
Hey folks, read the OP's post again. He has RAW forgings (aka 0% lowers) that he would like to be machined up to the 80% level. There is nothing at all illegal about that as long as the machine work stops at 80% as requested by the OP.
His request is completely legal.
Quite honestly haven't been very successful in finding someone local that has the time or wants to mill unregulated lowers. I have 80% lowers I need to 100%, and had to send them to a friend of a friend in Georgia (Mike Alexander Customs) Turns out he also works for the government in a sister command, which is very neat. He's got over 20 years of armament experience.
Tho OP is perfectly legal .
The post below is highly illegal .
Unless the guy is a 07FFL and will transfer through an FFL.
Getting to 80% is legal. Often companies that make 80% lowers will send a sample to the ATF to get their opinion that it is an 80% to protect themselves before they sell them.
Getting to 100% yourself is perfectly legal as long as you don't intend to sell. Otherwise you need to get a manufacturers FFL and probably state license too. I wouldn't be comfortable doing the 100% work for someone else, but would be comfortable letting someone use my shop to do such (if I had a shop...which I don't).
I have some raw forgings (AR) that I'd like someone to get to 80%.
Hey folks, read the OP's post again. He has RAW forgings (aka 0% lowers) that he would like to be machined up to the 80% level. There is nothing at all illegal about that as long as the machine work stops at 80% as requested by the OP.
His request is completely legal.
No offense, but unless you have a BUNCH of forgings and want to do them as a batch, this will be cost prohibitive. You are much better off with an 80% and finishing that, look at someone who has taken a forging to the 100% level and look at the difference between 100% and 80%... it's not that much, without CNC and without doing a bunch of them. It would be insanely expensive per unit.
Mark
Post up some pictures of the forgings. Depending on the work needed done and making the fixtures to hold the parts it may be doable. I really don't see any cost benefit to buy 0% done vs. 80% ones if you don't have the machines to do the work.
http://www.tacticalinc.com/ar15-lower-receiver-raw-forging-p-1108.htmlPost up some pictures of the forgings. Depending on the work needed done and making the fixtures to hold the parts it may be doable. I really don't see any cost benefit to buy 0% done vs. 80% ones if you don't have the machines to do the work.
Let me know if you would like to sell some of the 0% lowers.