I’m looking for a blueprint for a 1911 pistol frame. I got a little boastful when talking about my skills with a Dremel tool with a friend, and now I’ve got to sculpt a frame from a solid block of steel to win a bet. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. The only tools I’m allowed to use are a Dremel (with any attachments I want) and a drill.
ETA: Try this if the above doesn’t work.
I checked those out, and they might work, but not all of the frame dimensions are legible.
This may be viewed as gunsmithing or manufacturing --> requiring a Type 1 or Type 7 Federal Firearms License, respectively. Even if you don’t plan to make a working model.
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This may be viewed as gunsmithing or manufacturing –> requiring a Type 1 or Type 7 Federal Firearms License, respectively. Even if you don’t plan to make a working model.
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How do you figure? Gunsmithing is designing and making a small firearm. Gabe is doing neither one. He’s sculpting. Right Gabe???
You don’t need a license as long as you tie the barrel into a knot.
Sculpture would be my interpretation as well. Nobody said anything about triggers, firing pins or any other “vital” parts of a weapon.
Now, if CynicalGabe’s friend wants to try attatching gun parts to the metal sculpture to satisfy any curiosity that they may have about whether or not gun parts would fit into that sculpture, **that ** could be considered as gunsmithing, so it would fall on the friend to have the appropriate license.
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Sculpture would be my interpretation as well. Nobody said anything about triggers, firing pins or any other “vital” parts of a weapon.
Now, if CynicalGabe’s friend wants to try attatching gun parts to the metal sculpture to satisfy any curiosity that they may have about whether or not gun parts would fit into that sculpture, **that ** could be considered as gunsmithing, so it would fall on the friend to have the appropriate license.
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The frame is the firearm. You can buy all the other parts through the mail. But the frame needs to be purchased from a dealer because it is considered the firearm. Build a frame or lower receiver (or upper receiver, depending on the brand) and you’ve just created a firearm. It doesn’t matter if it’s NEVER been fully assymbled. If it’s a true frame, made of steel, and capable of being assymbled, then it’s a firearm. Period.
The trigger, the barrel, the springs… they’re all “parts” and you can get them anywhere and even make your own if you want. The frame is a different story.
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Sculpture would be my interpretation as well. Nobody said anything about triggers, firing pins or any other “vital” parts of a weapon.
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The only “vital” part of a semi-auto firearm is the receiver. In this case, the “frame”. Forge one from a block of steel and you’ve just manufactured a firearm.