From: [s--in--s] at [indirect.com] (Jason and Heather)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.activism.d,alt.conspiracy,alt.fan.dan-quayle,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Crime Bill Q&A
Date: 26 Sep 1994 07:23:18 GMT

William Barwell ([w--rw--l] at [Starbase.NeoSoft.COM]) writes:
>
> Now let us back track here.  Stand back fools and let a real 
> butcher show you how to cut meat.
>
> Note that Jason the benighted starts here by telling us that it 
> would take a roughly eight hours to "make a blowback full auto FROM 
> SCRATCH".

yup.

> Now I know that most here do not know about machine shops ect., but I 
> work in one.  This is utter bullshit. Impossible.  Absolutely this 
> cannot be done.  From Scratch in 8 hours.
> Now in later posts, Jason changes his tune and tell us that the simple 
> finishing of a reciever kit, (not the whole gun mind you, just one basic 
> piece) is exactly the same as making an entire machined and intricate 
> collection of parts made to very close tolerances that may be assembled 
> to make a working full automatic weapon.

lies, lies, lies. i never stated such a thing and i challenge you to
quote one article in which i did. don't believe i ever even used the
word "kit" or referred to the receiver alone.

the receiver of most open-bolt, blowback weapons is nothing more than
a metal box with holes cut into it. one merely cuts a piece of sheet
steel to the correct size, punches/cuts/drills holes in the correct
locations, and folds. (this simple method of construction is also
used to reduce costs on non-blowback weapons.)

the barrel can be attached in several ways. threading is nice, but
time consuming. just press fit it. (works on MAK-90s.)

the bolt is a hunk of metal cut to the correct size, with grooves in
the side & fitted with an extractor and fixed firing pin. the hardest
part would be to get the extractor tuned. after that's done, just
drop it into the receiver with the recoil spring. (works on Stens,
MAC-series, Grease guns.)

the trigger's nothing more than a glorified spring-loaded catch.

there ya go. full auto weapon. no parts kits or expensive CNC
mills necessary. hell, if the Pakistanis can build AK-47s
(which are quite a bit more complex) with no power tools, someone
in a well-equipped machine shop had BETTER be able to build
a lousy Sten gun in under 8 hours.

while these operations require some precise measurement & fitting,
none is, in and of itself, very difficult or time consuming.

jason

--
    PGP mail welcome.  Finger this account for a copy of my public key.
`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` [s--in--s] at [indirect.com] `,`,`,`