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Posted: 8/2/2018 10:29:56 AM EST

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I think the thing most leftie gun grabbers fail to realize is that MOST gun/country folks built some form of zip gun when they were a kid.

Hell, I may or may not have made a really handy .410 bang stick when I was a tike.

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:36:17 AM EST

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$10 shotgun time!

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:38:07 AM EST

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.22 powder load that will drive a nail into concrete. Who needs to build something?

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/112852078231_/Ramset-Mastershot-Powder-Actuated-Tool-Gun-Fastener-Concrete.jpg

https://www.shooterssupplies.co.nz/ic/3033411628/ramset.jpg

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ramset-MasterShot-0-22-Caliber-Powder-Actuated-Tool-40088/202046595

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Was going to post the same thing, gives you a quick jump start on the fabrication side.

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:40:43 AM EST

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The old school trick was the zip gun. A kid would break off the antenna from an auto ( this is in the early 60's, cars had AM radios with an antenna mounted on a fender, were telescoping and made out of a metal tube) and fasten it to a block of wood. It shot .22 of course. Rig a trigger using a nail. The city gangs use these for years before other cheap hand guns appeared.

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What I came to post.

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:41:24 AM EST

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I remember seeing this back in undergrad. To my knowledge you can't actually shoot it, without the gun destroying itself and what/who ever is holding it needing a couple bandaids afterwards.

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:44:15 AM EST

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I've wanted to build one of these for quite some time. You can get the plans from Serbu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyp9YPlaoow

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I have prints (ordered them)
and a couple of 22lr barrels

WIll make some later this year...

That being said...

the idiots that think this ghost gun thing is bad just have not done enough reading. This is a place that get updated all the time should home builds from all over the world.

https://homemadeguns.wordpress.com/

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:44:49 AM EST

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like this??

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First one to frabi-cobble a 50 BMG single shot from Home Depot hardware (and not kill themselves) wins.

like this??

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You WIN!!!!

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:44:59 AM EST

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An AR lower can be made from plate steel. It'll be ugly, but it can be done.

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:46:31 AM EST

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Posted: 8/2/2018 10:51:00 AM EST

[#10]

Royal Nonesuch

Posted: 8/2/2018 10:54:35 AM EST

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Posted: 8/2/2018 11:04:50 AM EST

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.22 powder load that will drive a nail into concrete. Who needs to build something?

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/112852078231_/Ramset-Mastershot-Powder-Actuated-Tool-Gun-Fastener-Concrete.jpg

https://www.shooterssupplies.co.nz/ic/3033411628/ramset.jpg

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ramset-MasterShot-0-22-Caliber-Powder-Actuated-Tool-40088/202046595

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The piston is propelled by a blank - they're not that impressive in launching a nail across the room, won't even penetrate drywall

Posted: 8/2/2018 11:06:40 AM EST

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I'll play:

http://www.feinsteinproject.org/loes/effortlyndon/22LrUpperInstalled.JPG

Self-ejecting single-shot, convertible to .50 BMG as long as you're good friends w/ a chiropractor. Haven't built the pistol version yet, but the fun thing about that is there's no modification of the trigger jig.

http://www.feinsteinproject.org/loes/effortlyndon/effortLyndon.html

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In the thread about the bolt action 50 uppers now being considered a firearm, I think I remember someone mentioning the ar57 uppers maybe also now considered firearms?

http://www.57center.com/6m8/ar57-upper-assembly.html

WE HAVE TEMPORARILY CEASED PRODUCTION DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

Posted: 8/2/2018 11:11:24 AM EST

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That reminds me of a cookbook I have...seen somewhere...

Posted: 8/2/2018 11:14:56 AM EST

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In the thread about the bolt action 50 uppers now being considered a firearm, I think I remember someone mentioning the ar57 uppers maybe also now considered firearms?

http://www.57center.com/6m8/ar57-upper-assembly.html

WE HAVE TEMPORARILY CEASED PRODUCTION DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

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That's a concern, but no rulings for Nolo to sue over yet.

Posted: 8/2/2018 6:21:48 PM EST

[#16]

38spc/.357 mag Single shot bolt action pistol.

Everything but the Barrel, pistol grip, and scope mount were made with parts from lowes.

Posted: 8/2/2018 6:26:57 PM EST

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Wouldn't be too hard to rig one up with a metal pipe, a shotgun shell, and some rudimentary means of striking/igniting the primer

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It's not, it's having the balls to shoot something you built in the garage is the hard part.

Posted: 8/2/2018 6:30:36 PM EST

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After I had the barrel threaded, form 1 suppressor.

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Posted: 8/2/2018 6:36:12 PM EST

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That's a concern, but no rulings for Nolo to sue over yet.

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In the thread about the bolt action 50 uppers now being considered a firearm, I think I remember someone mentioning the ar57 uppers maybe also now considered firearms?

http://www.57center.com/6m8/ar57-upper-assembly.html

WE HAVE TEMPORARILY CEASED PRODUCTION DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

That's a concern, but no rulings for Nolo to sue over yet.

Thought about you when I saw that the other day. I would expect him to sure over that bs.

Posted: 8/3/2018 8:14:43 AM EST

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The problem is funding and resources. Nolo has to eat, and he can't file on every possible case. I'm sure Safety Harbor is considering their options - they well may figure it's less costly for them to go the FFL route than sue an organization that has unlimited resources. 57Center may be even smaller - they're not even producing their upper right now.

Posted: 8/3/2018 8:16:46 AM EST

[#21]

Slam fire single shot shot gun is probably one of the quickest and easiest.

Posted: 8/3/2018 8:32:38 AM EST

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Flare gun, turned down bar stock aluminum insert to fit, bore insert for pistol cartridge. Easy and CHEAP.

https://www.budk.com/ProductDetail.aspx?itemno=52%20SCD45LC

https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Safety-Alerter-Coastal-Signalling/dp/B002IV84TS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533303108&sr=8-1&keywords=26.5mm+flare+gun

Posted: 8/3/2018 8:49:43 AM EST

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Is step 2 to turn them in at gun buybacks for tons of cash?

http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_bogusgunbuyback.jpg?w=800

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They spent too much money on that build. Should have used EMT conduit instead of pipe.

Posted: 8/3/2018 8:50:55 AM EST

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After I had the barrel threaded, form 1 suppressor.

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I like that!

Posted: 8/3/2018 9:17:27 AM EST

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Not sure but I know you will need one of these.

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Where can I get that

Posted: 8/3/2018 9:22:50 AM EST

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I know a guy who was hospitalized after getting hit in the head by a full beer. It may as well have been a rock.

Posted: 8/3/2018 9:58:11 AM EST

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Zip guns are verboten in the buckeye state.

Posted: 8/3/2018 10:06:57 AM EST

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After I had the barrel threaded, form 1 suppressor.

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thats fuckin rad.

This should be called the Royal Nonsuch Challenge.

I have a mill and a lathe by the way.. lets see how many fingers and eyes this costs me

Edit: I'm gonna try with as many used car parts as possible

Posted: 8/3/2018 10:09:39 AM EST

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38spc/.357 mag Single shot bolt action pistol.

Everything but the Barrel, pistol grip, and scope mount were made with parts from lowes.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j243/gdsjr/handguns/0824141330b_zpsepqczpi8.jpg

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Details?

Looks really cool for a homemade

Posted: 8/3/2018 10:30:21 AM EST

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Where can I get that

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Not sure but I know you will need one of these.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/403845/Ghost_Gun_Operator-626524.JPG

Where can I get that

Don’t forget the 25% off code.

Ghost Gun Operator PVC Patch

Posted: 8/3/2018 2:25:31 PM EST

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Looks really cool for a homemade

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38spc/.357 mag Single shot bolt action pistol.

Everything but the Barrel, pistol grip, and scope mount were made with parts from lowes.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j243/gdsjr/handguns/0824141330b_zpsepqczpi8.jpg

Details?

Looks really cool for a homemade

The barrel was a leftover from a previous project that came off of a mini uzi 9 mm Barrel. The receiver is 1 inch pipe with 1 inch caps. The lower is 1 inch by 1 inch square tubing. The trigger and Hammer were made from quarter inch steel. The bolt is literally a bolt. Firing pin a nail. Front trunnion was a 5/8 bushing that I pressed the barrel into and then cut a slot for a piece of key stock to hold the Barrel in place. The Springs were all made from Springs at Lowe's straighten out and then repent for my purposes. Which pretty much was only the hammer spring in the trigger spring. One of these days I'll get around to adding a trigger guard. And maybe even painting it.

The thing is deadly accurate. Which frankly completely surprise me. and I have fired several full power 357 Magnum loads through it. My favorite load however is a 148 grain cast wadcutter loaded with 2.8 grains of Bullseye powder. Very accurate and very quiet suppressed.

Posted: 8/5/2018 10:55:01 AM EST

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Zip guns are verboten in the buckeye state.

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From ORC 2923.11

(G) "Zip-gun" means any of the following:

(1) Any firearm of crude and extemporized manufacture;

(2) Any device, including without limitation a starter's pistol, that is not designed as a firearm, but that is specially adapted for use as a firearm;

(3) Any industrial tool, signalling device, or safety device, that is not designed as a firearm, but that as designed is capable of use as such, when possessed, carried, or used as a firearm.

So, not forbidden, just have to be more than a piece of wood, a broken radio antenna, a rubber band, and a nail.
Many of which I may or may not have made in the days of my misbegotten youth.

An 80% ar is not a zip gun because it is not of crude and extemporized manufacture.

Posted: 8/5/2018 10:58:54 AM EST

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Jigs, routers and drills are commonly available

Posted: 8/5/2018 11:25:07 AM EST

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From ORC 2923.11

(G) "Zip-gun" means any of the following:

(1) Any firearm of crude and extemporized manufacture;

(2) Any device, including without limitation a starter's pistol, that is not designed as a firearm, but that is specially adapted for use as a firearm;

(3) Any industrial tool, signalling device, or safety device, that is not designed as a firearm, but that as designed is capable of use as such, when possessed, carried, or used as a firearm.

So, not forbidden, just have to be more than a piece of wood, a broken radio antenna, a rubber band, and a nail.
Many of which I may or may not have made in the days of my misbegotten youth.

An 80% ar is not a zip gun because it is not of crude and extemporized manufacture.

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I didn't say 80% AR's are zip guns. Look at this thread and many of the guns posted are true zip guns. I don't know if the laws in the other stats, just know they are illegal in Ohio like I said.

Posted: 8/5/2018 11:50:43 AM EST

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Can't stop the signal!

It's time we challenge ourselves to fabricate a "liberator" style pistol from readily available items from hardware stores. Even better it all comes from big box stores.

Complexity for building and assembly should be on a middle tier basis.

Function > appearance

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qVvpKkYchw[/youtube]
Well some kids did that in the movie "Hope and Glory" with a vice grip, nail, and a hammer.

Although technically the bullet wouldn't have fired the way it did, since it didn't have a barrel to shape and direct the flight.

Posted: 8/5/2018 11:53:33 AM EST

[#36]

... be careful

Posted: 8/5/2018 12:25:57 PM EST

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like this??

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/IMG-1742-228627.jpg

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/IMG-1749-236826.jpg

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that is awesome ... HUGE round capable of great accuracy at distance and you have a red dot on it. lol

how bad is the concussion from firing?

Also i MIGHt be wrong but "fabricobble" generally doesn't involve a lathe...

Posted: 8/5/2018 7:34:08 PM EST

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These are are real tack drivers

Posted: 8/5/2018 7:43:44 PM EST

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In the thread about the bolt action 50 uppers now being considered a firearm, I think I remember someone mentioning the ar57 uppers maybe also now considered firearms?

http://www.57center.com/6m8/ar57-upper-assembly.html

WE HAVE TEMPORARILY CEASED PRODUCTION DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

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That would be me (among others iirc).

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