I'll start with I'm not a gunsmith, don't really want to be a gunsmith, and I own guns but not into them that much anymore. With that said, a friend of mine brought over a barrel and a drawing for a receiver over a year ago asking what I thought it would take to make the receiver. I told him a firearms license to start! The gun is a one-shot 50 caliber sniper type I guess (BMG?). My friend has done me a number of favors over the years and he isn't getting any younger so it's probably time I do something with this.
First question is how much of the receiver can I make without getting into trouble? Second, is it legal to let him finish it here on my equipment after hours? The gun is for his own personal arsenal.
Next, the drawing he brought requires 90 degrees rotation of the bolt (which you have to remove to load/unload). He started talking about a tri-lobed bolt that wouldn't require as much rotation. I think he had seen one somewhere that was like this. I know zilch about gun design - is there a tried and true design like this? If so, where could I get it?
My friend has all kinds of guns (and a canon!) - I think at this point he just really wants to make one. Any help is much appreciated.
First question is how much of the receiver can I make without getting into trouble? Second, is it legal to let him finish it here on my equipment after hours? The gun is for his own personal arsenal.
Next, the drawing he brought requires 90 degrees rotation of the bolt (which you have to remove to load/unload). He started talking about a tri-lobed bolt that wouldn't require as much rotation. I think he had seen one somewhere that was like this. I know zilch about gun design - is there a tried and true design like this? If so, where could I get it?
My friend has all kinds of guns (and a canon!) - I think at this point he just really wants to make one. Any help is much appreciated.