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by Archilochus
Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:40 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: What tools to use?
Replies: 28
Views: 5021

Re: What tools to use?

I've done something sort of like that with an endmill, scribed lines, multiple re-clamping, and lots of spinning-o-the-handwheels and counting turns.
As was mentioned, time consuming PITA. Would just knurl it and call it done.
by Archilochus
Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:32 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!
Replies: 94
Views: 14622

Re: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!

whiterussian1974 wrote:Remember, Gov argued that OmabaCare wasn't a tax 1st day in front of SCOTUS. Then reversed itself, stated that it WAS a Tax the 2nd day once the 1st Motion was over. (For SHAME!!!)
Yeah, I tend to forget that reason and sense do not apply in their world :?
by Archilochus
Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:59 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!
Replies: 94
Views: 14622

Re: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!

So here's an interesting thought. As far as I understand it, to get an 07 FFL (etc) the ATF has some requirements that must be met in order for the applicant to qualify as being "in the business" etc, etc. So if they are now defining relatively trivial forms of compensation, or simply temp...
by Archilochus
Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:42 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!
Replies: 94
Views: 14622

Re: First ATF Ruling of 2015......applies to everyone in this forum!

Well, just read that over (and as usual with such documents, I now have a headache). It seems to apply only to "businesses" - either licensed FFL's or unlicensed machine shops. But still not sure, as it also on occasion seems to treat a "business" and a "person" as the ...
by Archilochus
Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:51 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.
Replies: 22
Views: 2511

Re: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.

Bendersquint wrote:
Archilochus wrote: There is NO blanket statement for this topic. Its ALL about how it is designed.
That does complicate things a bit :?
by Archilochus
Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:01 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.
Replies: 22
Views: 2511

Re: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.

if you have a ported barrel for the suppressor...the barrel is not a part solely for use in making a silencer...it is also a barrel. So it wouldn't meet the technical definition of a "silencer" (def: a silencer, or any part SOLELY for use as in a silencer). The barrel could be exchanged. ...
by Archilochus
Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:47 am
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.
Replies: 22
Views: 2511

Re: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.

I'm wondering - in an integral suppressor where the barrel is drilled - is the barrel legally considered a "silencer part"? And if it is, would a matched drilled insert or liner also be then considered a silencer part? I believe you are correct because it would be a functioning part of th...
by Archilochus
Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:33 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.
Replies: 22
Views: 2511

Re: The other Intergrally suppressed sub caliber insert idea.

I'm wondering - in an integral suppressor where the barrel is drilled - is the barrel legally considered a "silencer part"? And if it is, would a matched drilled insert or liner also be then considered a silencer part?
by Archilochus
Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:17 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: 80% recievers
Replies: 19
Views: 2847

Re: 80% recievers

My only experience with this subject comes from trying to get local shops to heat-treat a finished "80%" M1 carbine receiver. The shops had FFL's - but would not accept the receiver for heat-treating. No specific reasons were given, other than in one case the liability thing. FWIW I won't...
by Archilochus
Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:35 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: 80% recievers
Replies: 19
Views: 2847

Re: 80% recievers

My only experience with this subject comes from trying to get local shops to heat-treat a finished "80%" M1 carbine receiver. The shops had FFL's - but would not accept the receiver for heat-treating. No specific reasons were given, other than in one case the liability thing.
by Archilochus
Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:37 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: .22 keyholing at 3 yards.. problems found
Replies: 25
Views: 7980

Re: .22 keyholing at 3 yards

... did some more testing and found its the scope thats causing the big groups. using the laser I get sub inch groups at 15 no matter what ammo but using the scope gives large groups with the occasional wild shot. so I guess the scope is junk. conclusion large groups are because the scope is junk I...
by Archilochus
Mon May 05, 2014 9:28 am
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: My first milling machine!
Replies: 44
Views: 8966

Re: My first milling machine!

Like, a cheaper vise that turned out being shitty, and you should've bought a high end to begin with? Then ended up with two. Ha ha. Spend the extra $$ on a good vise. A crappy vise will make working miserable. And you''ll want a good one for your future Bridgeport. I put a Kurt D675 on my RF45 'mi...
by Archilochus
Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:13 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: Threading a 1.5" tube?
Replies: 11
Views: 2215

Re: Threading a 1.5" tube?

wacki wrote:Looks like it'll cost me $200 to be able to thread the tub and the cap?

Darn - at that cost it would make more sense to just pick up an old 6" / 9" South Bend or Atlas. See them in the $400 area around here.
by Archilochus
Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:23 pm
Forum: Silencersmithing Forum
Topic: A question for the machinists
Replies: 10
Views: 1470

Re: A question for the machinists

Thanks! I'm going to practice on some PVC pipe. I was having some trouble hitting the half nuts just right on the thread dial. I was always about a half count off. Tony S. I've done a few metric threads by backing out / reversing. I think you'll find the threading dial a lot easier once you get use...
by Archilochus
Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:39 pm
Forum: Survival / Preparedness
Topic: Cheapest Airtight Containers?
Replies: 16
Views: 4132

Just a note on the Pelican cases (smaller sizes anyways). I worked with a company several years back that did a project with about 100 smaller sized Pelican cases. We had to immersion test each one, and about 1 in 12 failed the leak test. Test was at 3 feet for 24 hours. Granted the leaks were very ...
by Archilochus
Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:14 pm
Forum: Survival / Preparedness
Topic: Empty Magazine Retention?
Replies: 36
Views: 7168

But I doubt they'll be on the magnets long enough for any permanent effects. I was more thinking of even just a slight very temporary induced magnetism. I used one of my shop tools (a ruler) that hangs on a magnet as a test. It has a weak magnetism picked up from the magnet. I ran it around in a bi...
by Archilochus
Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:58 pm
Forum: Survival / Preparedness
Topic: Empty Magazine Retention?
Replies: 36
Views: 7168

A thought on the use of magnets. I use magnets as tool holders all over my shop, and some tools get temporarily magnetized. I'd be concerned about the steel magazines possibly picking up stray junk if they became slightly magnetized. Also not sure I'd put practice time into a method that only applie...
by Archilochus
Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:35 pm
Forum: Survival / Preparedness
Topic: The One
Replies: 45
Views: 9816

stevejobs wrote: Pick something worth more than 400 bucks if it's free. :roll:


:)
Ohhh... for free. Hmmm
Same thing with a truckful of shells - and maybe a sling. Yeah, definately a good sling if we're talkin' free ;-)
by Archilochus
Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: Survival / Preparedness
Topic: The One
Replies: 45
Views: 9816

Remington 870 with assorted barrels.