The risk of an 80% build?

Gunsmithing
#1

In my case, 80% 1911 and 2011 builds.

Democrats are threatening to restrict or eliminate the sale of 80% frames. How are you folks reacting?

Buying all the 80% frames?
Not starting and new 80% projects?
Making no changes?

@Mosinvirus, after CA restricted 80% builds, did they do anything retroactively to completed builds?

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#2

I just bought up all the 79.9999999999% builds.

Now I’m 80% broke and have only 20% of my liberty.

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#3

go to gun shows and pay cash for them and parts…no records.

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#4

Everyone take note, Bob has never before posted anything political to my knowledge…

Its significant

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/join-the-signers

Just as significant is we don’t cower in fear, now is not the time for shadow builds

I think 80% of my time recently has been spent making metal shavings, I call it art.

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Thank you for speaking up Bob.

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#5

And this post is not meant to stir up anything political. It’s more of a matter-of-fact post about how folks are approaching the issue.

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#6

People that built 80% pistols had to serialize and register them with the state.

To the best of my knowledge no one successfully legally built a semi auto pistol from 80% since then.

There is one viewer on YouTube that in comments discussion claimed that he has done it successfully 4 times. Though the stuff he said makes no sense.

For example he said that only a certified gunsmith would serialize your 80% after an inspection. That is incorrect.

Then he said that he takes his builds to a sheriff who will put 600 rounds through the build and do various drop safety tests and then sign off on it.
That is completely incorrect.

So I say FUD.

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#7

I built my registered SBR from a 80% lower, used a dremel with a small round cutting bit to do the S/N and other required info…ATF nor anyone else ever wanted to see it…

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#8

The issue…

The war you mean?

Over liberty?

Its waged first in your mind, its attack comes from media and the noble virtue signals from much better people than you :sarcasm:

If you don’t stir it will it go away?

Again, I salute you brother!

:salute:

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#9

Parts have been getting harder and harder to source

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#10

Stealth has almost everything but there pricing is pretty high

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#11

As a follow up to that viewer and commenter on my channel…

After I asked him to share his info on a forum about how he legally builds on 80% in California, his reply was:

“Let’s continue to focus on gunsmithing. Let the builder figure out the laws”

So definitely FUD.

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#12

Since my last post I made another 80% investment

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Its not here yet, and I guess its about 500#'s so a bit :grimacing: on getting it home and set up

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#13

Very nice!!!

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#14

Are you picking it up or having it delivered to you? Either way I would take the column off.

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#15

I’m picking it up, plan to use a cherry picker and load it on a trailer

IDK what you mean by column, this ain’t my harbor freight unit :sunglasses:

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#16

I guess it could all be one cast body.

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#17

W/E the case its crazy heavy,

It came an the FAL 80% so I’m going to have to follow through, seems with some heat treating also

Might just as well, doubt I’ll get another chance

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#19

“Out of stock” seems to be the current limiting factor, for me.

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#20

add in time and funds and it gets a bit sketchy don’t it :pensive:

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#21

Yeah, if the stuff that I’ve signed up for email notification of it being back in stock, starts showing up at about the same time, my budget is toast.

Edit: A day later and my budget is already complaining, after finding two of the items I had been looking for (one of them the most expensive one on my list) available again.

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