An AK47 from files and a hacksaw

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Nope, it is legal. You will ned to have at least 7 American made parts in
your spiffy AK. The next thing to ask yourself is do you have the mechanic
skills to pull it off? You will need more than a drill press to make an AK.
The kit usually has the reciever cut in pieces. You will need to buy a
receiver or make one from a templated chunk of sheet metal, install rails
and weld the whole mess together. You will also be well served with a
vertical mill, lacking one of those, you will need an assortment of files
and a way to flatten rivets. WHat you will have then is a firearm without a
serial number. Again, legal...but you will never be able to transfer it
without listing it with the ATF and giving it a serial number.

Please don't let me rain on your parade. But before you take on one of
these, do a google search on building an AK47 rifle and read up. Also, your
AK will need to be semi auto. You will never get permission from the ATF for
a select fire or full auto weapon. Just keep that in mind.

Joe Portale
Tucson, AZ

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>Subject: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
>From: "Ted Gittinger" tgittingerbounce@austin.rr.com
>Date: 7/30/2003 8:51 PM Central Daylight Time
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God help us!

Bill Clarke

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> >Subject: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
> >From: "Ted Gittinger" tgittingerbounce@austin.rr.com
> >Date: 7/30/2003 8:51 PM Central Daylight Time
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> >From rec.guns:
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> God help us!

Oh, does this mean I need to return my "kit?"

Rita, who was looking forward to flattening rivets (We can't flatten Anthony
much further)

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> "FatmanE" wrote in message
> news:20030731165235.24345.00000615@mb-m16.aol.com...
> > >Subject: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
> > >From: "Ted Gittinger" tgittingerbounce@austin.rr.com
> > >Date: 7/30/2003 8:51 PM Central Daylight Time
> > >Message-id:
> > >
> > >From rec.guns:
> > >
> >
> > God help us!
>
> Oh, does this mean I need to return my "kit?"
>
> Rita, who was looking forward to flattening rivets (We can't flatten
Anthony
> much further)
>


Flatten? I'm gonna keep slogging on till he goes concave

--
Nigel Brooks

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> "Rita" wrote in message
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> > "FatmanE" wrote in message
> > news:20030731165235.24345.00000615@mb-m16.aol.com...
> > > >Subject: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
> > > >From: "Ted Gittinger" tgittingerbounce@austin.rr.com
> > > >Date: 7/30/2003 8:51 PM Central Daylight Time
> > > >Message-id:
> > > >
> > > >From rec.guns:
> > > >
> > >
> > > God help us!
> >
> > Oh, does this mean I need to return my "kit?"
> >
> > Rita, who was looking forward to flattening rivets (We can't flatten
> Anthony
> > much further)
> >
>
>
> Flatten? I'm gonna keep slogging on till he goes concave

Yes, and that "Destroy Before Reading?" is priceless. I have no idea how
long Bill and ted and I have been pounding on him now, but it seems like
years.

>Subject: Re: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
>From: "Nigel Brooks ²°°³®©" nbrooks@msn.com
>Date: 7/31/2003 4:34 PM Central Daylight Time
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>"Rita" wrote in message
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>> "FatmanE" wrote in message
>> news:20030731165235.24345.00000615@mb-m16.aol.com...
>> > >Subject: An AK47 from files and a hacksaw
>> > >From: "Ted Gittinger" tgittingerbounce@austin.rr.com
>> > >Date: 7/30/2003 8:51 PM Central Daylight Time
>> > >Message-id:
>> > >
>> > >From rec.guns:
>> > >
>> >
>> > God help us!

>>
>> Oh, does this mean I need to return my "kit?"
>>
>> Rita, who was looking forward to flattening rivets (We can't flatten
>> Anthony much further)
>>

>
>Flatten? I'm gonna keep slogging on till he goes concave
>
>--
>Nigel Brooks
>

Can we be held responsible if we push him the tiny fraction of an inch required
to put him completely over the edge?

Bill Clarke