New member in AA county

Chazp89 · Sep 1, 2017

Hey, I just joined this morning and still learning my way around. I'm a hobby gunsmith, reloader and milsurp nut.

Want to take a quick poll on my current build. It's just a standard .223/5.56 ar but I'm doing everything possible polished. It's an 18" fluted heavy barrel, mid length gas system, jmt trigger. I'm going to run a wood stock set and this is where I need input, it'll have iron sights w/ carry handle and I'm torn between the laminated stock set Boyd's offers or a triangle hand guard walnut set... which would y'all think would look better???

K-43 · Sep 1, 2017

Welcome aboard? Not familiar with the wooden stocks, they cost too much for me. How are you going to protect the polished finish?

Dave MP · Sep 1, 2017

LGood48 · Sep 1, 2017

Greetings! :wave:

That thing will blind you in sun light

j_h_smith · Sep 1, 2017

Welcome from Hazzard County. Your rifle, you can do with it what you want.

Chazp89 · Sep 1, 2017

Thank you!

I'll probably just keep up with occasionally hand polishing it (shouldn't be much worse than keeping the rocker boxes on my shovel looking alright) but if it gets to be a pain I will probably clear it with duracoat/ceracoat

I'll take this opportunity to show off, here's a vz24 I converted to 45acp (had a sewer pipe bore originally) a vz52 I rebarreled for 7.62x39 and modified an ak mag to fit (was a cut up bubba gun when I got my hands on it) and a Chinese type 53 that I shortened the barrel to 16.5", modified a 91/30 stock to fit and made a bent bolt handle out of a ford 289 water pump bolt (was another bubba when I got it)

Matlack · Sep 1, 2017

Good looking bubba work. I personally dont like doing that stuff unless its already been ruined for collector value. However, your work looks nice.

Chazp89 · Sep 1, 2017

I agree it has to be a sorry gun to be modified, here's a 43 Springfield armory garand and 42 Remington 03A3 I re activated from drill rifles, a type 99 I pieced together and the last is how the vz52 came to me

swinokur · Sep 2, 2017

Howdy. Join our fight.

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John from MD · Sep 2, 2017

Welcome aboard. You seem to be pretty handy with tools and your work looks to be well done. This state can use more good gunsmiths even if you do it part time. You might want to consider it as a way to make extra spending money. AA County will allow you to have an 01 FFL out of your house for gunsmithing.

Chazp89 · Sep 2, 2017

John from MD said:
Welcome aboard. You seem to be pretty handy with tools and your work looks to be well done. This state can use more good gunsmiths even if you do it part time. You might want to consider it as a way to make extra spending money. AA County will allow you to have an 01 FFL out of your house for gunsmithing.

Thank you! I've been throwing that idea around for quite a while. Professionally I'm a auto body man and I know that work will destroy my body so I'd like to get out of it and become a full time gunsmith

John from MD · Sep 2, 2017

There is not much profit margin in the business today as many guns are modular and people with "plug and play" capabilities can usually put them together. Real gunsmithing i.e. rebarreling Mauser type actions, making sporters from milsurps, rechambering, cutting dovetails, recontouring barrels, peening rails to fit slides, are not as prevalent today.

I would suggest that you keep your hand in auto maintenance or any kind of maintenande (there is a real need for people with mechanical ability and it will grow) and do gunsmithing as a side business. This way you can enjoy working on guns while still paying for food and your mortgage.

Chazp89 · Sep 2, 2017

Chazp89 said:
Thank you! I've been throwing that idea around for quite a while. Professionally I'm a auto body man and I know that work will destroy my body so I'd like to get out of it and become a full time gunsmith

I know different states have different rules regarding ffl's and gunsmithing but my grandfather has an 01 ffl out of state so I definitely have some insight that I can get, but is there any Maryland/aa co specific information I should be aware of, or any places I could be pointed to get information to "get my ducks in a row" and decide if that's for me?

Chazp89 · Sep 2, 2017

John from MD said:
There is not much profit margin in the business today as many guns are modular and people with "plug and play" capabilities can usually put them together. Real gunsmithing i.e. rebarreling Mauser type actions, making sporters from milsurps, rechambering, cutting dovetails, recontouring barrels, peening rails to fit slides, are not as prevalent today.

I would suggest that you keep your hand in auto maintenance or any kind of maintenande (there is a real need for people with mechanical ability and it will grow) and do gunsmithing as a side business. This way you can enjoy working on guns while still paying for food and your mortgage.

Thanks for the input, that's about how my grandfather did/does it. It's hard when you are knee deep in more than one passion... cars and guns go together like peanut butter and jelly haha. if only I could get paid building wicked hot rods and guns under one roof

John from MD · Sep 2, 2017

I have a friend that had a passion for race cars and airplanes. He used his airline business to fund building and racing his cars and he made a fortune from both. You may have heard of him, his name is Conrad Kallita. Most people know by Connie.

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