Is anyone here based in the uk? Keep getting approached by legal gun owners about making parts, can't stress enough not making modifications to guns, or even having the guns come to me, but simple springs, pins, odd screws - odd bolts etc. Even been serious talk of bullet moulds for black powder shooters. There is a clear demand for the bits, so far due to the legal uncertainties i have passed on it all, but i keep getting asked and hence really want to find out if its possible with out jumping through a crazy amount of red tape?
Searching online does not seam to get far, reading our fire arms law seams to leave plenty of gaps, various newer as yet unpassed laws seam to make me possibly even face multiple years in prison for just googling the legalities of these things - just looking at cross sectional views of fire arms and also having the machining capabilities of making them. 3d printing guns seams to have our politicians running scared brining in laws that damn near anyone with more machining capability than a file a cordless drill and screw driver could be classed as falling fowl off. Ever more common everyday chemicals are looking like there going to end up banned and for some one that uses acetone to clean stuff and anodizes small bits with sulphuric acid im no doubt on watch lists already.
Hence is there anyone here that knows if someone who is already set-up to do machining as part of there everyday business can make parts (other than pressure bearing bits i am certain are not legal to make) that can be used on firearms here in the uk?
Searching online does not seam to get far, reading our fire arms law seams to leave plenty of gaps, various newer as yet unpassed laws seam to make me possibly even face multiple years in prison for just googling the legalities of these things - just looking at cross sectional views of fire arms and also having the machining capabilities of making them. 3d printing guns seams to have our politicians running scared brining in laws that damn near anyone with more machining capability than a file a cordless drill and screw driver could be classed as falling fowl off. Ever more common everyday chemicals are looking like there going to end up banned and for some one that uses acetone to clean stuff and anodizes small bits with sulphuric acid im no doubt on watch lists already.
Hence is there anyone here that knows if someone who is already set-up to do machining as part of there everyday business can make parts (other than pressure bearing bits i am certain are not legal to make) that can be used on firearms here in the uk?