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Hey guys! Some of you may remember me under the account name "Freshman". I operated a small Type 1 FFL out of my apartment in Forest Grove from 2015-2019. A lot has changed since then. I lost my license when I moved in with my girlfriend at the time (wife as of this past Saturday!). We bought a house in Vernonia, and I started down the path of opening my own home based business again. I now have a humble machine shop (Vernonia Machine Works) with a new Type 1 Class 3 FFL (AME Firearms). Two different business names at the moment. This will likely change once I get myself more established, and potentially when I acquire an 07/02.
Some of you guys may have seen me at a Trash No Land clean-up or two. I have bought and sold guns to a number of you as well. Lately I have mostly just been lurking. I hope to start becoming more active again as the business picks up. I currently have a small inventory that might start getting posted in some of the classifieds. I also offer a number of gunsmithing related services, including but not limited to barrel threading (no metric threads at the moment), certain optics cuts, pin & weld, and parts kit assembly. I have attached a few photos of some of my projects as well as my beloved machines. The BM-59 was a parts kit build with a converted Springfield drill rifle receiver. The muzzle brake on the bull barrel AR-15 was machined to self-time as well as match the diameter of the barrel. The M1A had its GI stock bedded and a bipod stud added. The FAL was a CAI Sporter that was converted to a Para config, and while I was at it I chopped and threaded the barrel 9/16-24 RH to accept a 5/8-24 thread adapter. The S&W .460 I replaced the barrel, shroud, and a number of smaller parts after the previous owner ruptured the barrel. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out via PM.
Thanks!
Some of you guys may have seen me at a Trash No Land clean-up or two. I have bought and sold guns to a number of you as well. Lately I have mostly just been lurking. I hope to start becoming more active again as the business picks up. I currently have a small inventory that might start getting posted in some of the classifieds. I also offer a number of gunsmithing related services, including but not limited to barrel threading (no metric threads at the moment), certain optics cuts, pin & weld, and parts kit assembly. I have attached a few photos of some of my projects as well as my beloved machines. The BM-59 was a parts kit build with a converted Springfield drill rifle receiver. The muzzle brake on the bull barrel AR-15 was machined to self-time as well as match the diameter of the barrel. The M1A had its GI stock bedded and a bipod stud added. The FAL was a CAI Sporter that was converted to a Para config, and while I was at it I chopped and threaded the barrel 9/16-24 RH to accept a 5/8-24 thread adapter. The S&W .460 I replaced the barrel, shroud, and a number of smaller parts after the previous owner ruptured the barrel. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out via PM.
Thanks!
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