Shane45

My anvil was like $1300. Not something I will be rushing to do to it!

There is one made out of a cutting board floating around youtube somewhere. But there is now a 3d printer that prints in metal!

Lead, your missing the point. The Garand doesn't have an issue BECAUSE it lacks the count of evil features. But if it were an M1A that had a pistol grip stock and a detachable mag, it would have the same issue as the OP's rifle that has a pistol grip and detachable mag. So when you compare the OP's rifle that HAS a det mag and pistol grip to a Garand that does not, its a bad comparison. The Garand can have a full on flash hider or threaded barrel because it does not have a det mag or pistol grip.

Last time I checked a Garand didn't have a pistol grip or detachable mag...... If it did you would indeed have the same issue.

My view is a prosecutor that wanted to hang you on the letter of the law, could. I for one don't wish to be at anyone's mercy so I avoid grey areas where an anti gun jury is free to interpret the law against me because they are anti gun. An anti prosecuter and jury is not going to care about minute details, they are going to see an AK and think it should be illegal anyway.

The REPR doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If you are going for a precision semi, many others are more accurate at similar price points for the weight penalty. If your after rugged and reliable something like the SCAR17 is considerably less weight and about as accurate. If you just like it, ignore my input

The problem with MP5's is there is simply no parts in country to service them. That's why many are seeing the buzz saw and being replaced by AR's. As far as the HK AR, I simply am not familiar with the civy variant or if all the parts except the happy switch are the same. But in a full mil spec version, I believe their piston system to be superior to most others. BUT as most know, Im not a fan of the retrofit. Id prefer a rifle designed as a piston gun from the getgo.

I think they wanted a test case!

So when will you be dropping that video on the prosecuters desk?

If you feel froggy go ahead and jump. If you have nothing to lose and consequences mean nothing to you, by all means proceed. Test cases are the only shot in many circumstances to effect change. But that sword cuts two ways, if you lose, we all lose. But for you to sit here and run your suck hole on what others have done here is in poor form as you have no idea what others in this very thread have done and the experience they already have in these matters. Trying to figure out a way to skirt the edges of the law is not a stance. Take a video of you machining and finishing an 80% lower IN New Jersey and drop it on the desk of the prosecuters office and be that test case, now that would be a stance!

And yet again: http://www.njsp.org/about/fire_ag2.html Whats the first line of that link say on the State police site? "The New Jersey State Police is not authorized to provide legal advice to private parties." And again, the IMPORTANT part you are overlooking. I can talk to 100 LEO's that say they would never hang me up for the knife in my pocket. But all it takes is the one who will, or the Sgt that wants to make a case because you look funny to him, or the local prosecuter that is anti gun... Good luck representing yourself in court since as you say, you dont even need a lawyer at this point.....

If you are so sure of the law, why drive out of state to mill it? Have you changed your position on milling it in state?

The OBR's and GAP10's are in the mid 3k mark and the Knights SR25 ECC/EMC's are in the high 5 low 6's. I fully admit a bead on my brow when the KAC's hit my bench. Should I have a wildly off day, the barrel replacement alone is more than many complete AR's

Snuck a quickie in on sunday. At first when I hopped on it it felt so odd. Im so used to the committed racer tuck of the Ducati. Started to have an Uh Oh moment because it felt so odd with the bars up so high. But after about 10 minutes I started to settle in. After a half hour I was amazed at having no pain in my wrists . This bike is a beast! I would say that the torque actually matches the V-Twin 1098! But the interesting thing about this bike is it seems sooooo easy to ride it(as easy as a 170hp bike can be ). And dialing back the intensity of the 1098 makes it a ton more fun to ride.

Cant eat snake. I dont like to eat things I have as pets. My Python wouldnt be to happy with me. Did eat croc though. It was good!

Yuck! I dont eat or serve chicken period!!!!! Yea that comment usually ruins egg eating for most for about 6 months LOL!!!

No argument from me. Just a little explanation on my "NASA" methods for anyone that might not understand. But people that seek me out because of how I do it to perform the work on their 3k+ and 5k+ rifles seem to appreciate the work

ps. I made no implication your welds are sloppy or left sloppy. I affirmed your statement that welding allows the fit to be sloppy as the welding fills it in at least at the surface.

Nick, what your failing to pick up on is our methods are fundamentaly different. So your comments about NASA dont really apply. If you are able to deform your pin pressing it in you must be using either a roll pin or a soft pin. I use a solid, hardened alloy pin. In doing so, to achieve a proper press fit, the bored hole needs to be exact. Thus it needs to be precision bored. Without it, you will NOT press it in. Add to that the availability of dimensional COTS alloy pins, precision boring is frankly much easier and cost effective compared to ordering special dim precision ground pins. Everyone has thier own interpretation of what NJ requires, and thus their own methodology. But for those that use the ATF req's for NFA barrels, one thing often overlooked is that little disclaimer they have in the regs that say if you can twist it off with hand tools, it is not considered to have been permenant. This might be something to consider when choosing the actual pin one should use. I have removed several brakes that were pinned and welded, and would absolutely have failed even a mediocre test of applying a tool to remove the brake as the depth of the pin was entirely inadiquate. If anyone has a couple of old shot out threaded ar barrels laying around they would like to donate for destructive testing, I would love to test various pinning methods for permenancy.

Nick, please enlighten me what the dimension is for a proper press fit and how you could achieve it with just a drill bit and a pin? You are correct the welding over method allows you to be sloppy.

Exactly! Its not overthinking. Although I wont call this way "better" it is certainly better if not required for those doing a press fit or seeking a precision bored hole.

Either of those methods will work I'm sure. But for me, I like to know exactly how much I'm going in to the barrel so I measure the thickness of the brake and the thickness of the barrel etc etc and do my calculator mojo for a max depth. Because I precision ream the hole after its drilled, its better for me to do it as one operation without moving the table on my mill or the workpiece.

I guess that method could get you there, but its not how I do it. Basic version, I measure, time, then drill both together.

DO NOT USE HEAVY PRESSURE. It will be a bad day if you snap a carbide bit in a half drilled hole. Unless you have a buddy with a wire EDM . Honestly, I would take up some of the offers that have been made. It may seem a simple thing to High Temp Silver Solder or punch holes in things. But the reality is experience and feel mean a ton when doing things like this. Hell I dont silver solder and I play with heats up in the 2600 to 3000 degree range because I know I dont have the experience and feel for that particuler pursuit. And if not done right, the risk for ruining other peoples property is high. Same with punching through brakes and in to barrels. Seen enough holes punched right through the brake and barrel by supposed gunsmiths to be able to say this work is not for everyone. Do people that arent gunsmiths do it? Sure! But how many bung it up and you never hear about it. And in the end does their work look like this?

Good point remixer, I probably should have included a dont try this at home statement