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Hi, Hope somone can answer this obscure area of firearms legality.
I recently made a Whitworth cannon for a friend which followed drawings in every way except ratios, as the 1" rifled barrel I found was only 30" long. It is so obviously a Whitworth copy that I felt safe in making it. But the project started earlier with a 7' long A-10 30 MM barrel, with perfect rifling. I was going to use the gatling barrel's mounting lugs with a Whitworth style (Not at all obviously Whitworth) breech that slid on and locked with a half turn. My friend lost his excitement though as his son suggested he may end up in jail over it.
We had discussed the prohibition on fixed ammo and agreed to have them separate for that reason, but he did want to use smokeless powder which actually scared me to be involved with. In the end the jail scenario squelched the whole thing so I made the small Whitworth breech loader for BP instead.
But back to that A-10 Warthog barrel, my friend's son asked what the problem would be to legally turn that into a working single shot gun legally. I mean by legally including the stamp and extensive background checks etc. This family has good standing with law enforcement and we wouldn't want to try any deceptions in any way. Would I need to get a manufacturer's license? What classification would that take?
Actually that 7' long barrel would make two very nice 1/2 scale Whitworth guns. and I'd love to be able to find another like it, or any other rifled tubes larger than an inch, for my own Whitworth. Anyone who has any such tubes you are willing to part with I request that you PM me. I prefixed oregon but Washinton may have more rescources.
Thanks all.
I recently made a Whitworth cannon for a friend which followed drawings in every way except ratios, as the 1" rifled barrel I found was only 30" long. It is so obviously a Whitworth copy that I felt safe in making it. But the project started earlier with a 7' long A-10 30 MM barrel, with perfect rifling. I was going to use the gatling barrel's mounting lugs with a Whitworth style (Not at all obviously Whitworth) breech that slid on and locked with a half turn. My friend lost his excitement though as his son suggested he may end up in jail over it.
We had discussed the prohibition on fixed ammo and agreed to have them separate for that reason, but he did want to use smokeless powder which actually scared me to be involved with. In the end the jail scenario squelched the whole thing so I made the small Whitworth breech loader for BP instead.
But back to that A-10 Warthog barrel, my friend's son asked what the problem would be to legally turn that into a working single shot gun legally. I mean by legally including the stamp and extensive background checks etc. This family has good standing with law enforcement and we wouldn't want to try any deceptions in any way. Would I need to get a manufacturer's license? What classification would that take?
Actually that 7' long barrel would make two very nice 1/2 scale Whitworth guns. and I'd love to be able to find another like it, or any other rifled tubes larger than an inch, for my own Whitworth. Anyone who has any such tubes you are willing to part with I request that you PM me. I prefixed oregon but Washinton may have more rescources.
Thanks all.