• grue@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Neat, I would’ve assumed you’d need a mill or a lathe, not just a drill press. Kinda want to know how to do it myself, since I own the former but not either of the latter.

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      1 month ago

      The upper reciever is the load bearing part on an Armalite, but it’s also not the regulated part. The lower receiver is, and all you need for that is a box that holds the trigger components in vaguely the right place, a hole that lines up the magazine, a hole to stick the buffer tube into at the back, and some way to nail the upper receiver to it.

      You could carve an AR lower out of wood if you were dedicated enough.

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          1 month ago

          If you’re near me I’ll loan you the gig, the end mills,and support to make an AR lower in about 2 hours.

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            1 month ago

            Please explain how I can “do literally anything productive with my life” when I’m murdered by MAGA fascists because I had no means to defend myself.

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                1 month ago

                I don’t own a gun, actually. Your assumption is bad and you should feel bad.

                I am doing nothing but thinking about ensuring my ability to obtain one, should the political situation continue to deteriorate. That’s prudent, not delusional.

                The only one here acting obsessive and unhinged is you.

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      1 month ago

      It won’t be accurate or be a long baller w/o a lathe to make a rifled barrel. Not that you couldn’t mke a barrel with hand tools, it just would be very difficult.

      And like others have said, only the lower receiver is the controlled item. You goto Brownels and can buy 98% of an AR w/o a background check.