Official MM Firearms Thread

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holy crap that's a lot of eye candy.  i don't know enough to understand the value of it all but i can tell you put a lot of thought into it.  did you build those yourself or have a shop do some of it?  sorry if dumb, i am not good with gun stuffs.

Thanks!  So the larger rifle (16.1" barrel) came pre-assembled from LWRC International.  I took it mildly apart to change a few things to suit my liking like the trigger, but it came out of the box ready to fire. LWRC is one of the many "boutique" rifle builders (the Secret Service supposedly employs them, as well as the Swedish military) - I had earlier built a 16" barrel rifle myself with a lot of choice parts and this still blew it away, so I parted my build out and sold it off piece by piece. For a longer gun, I'll probably buy off the shelf from now on, though the experience & knowledge gained from putting one together myself was certainly appreciated.

The shorter rifle (literally Short Barreled Rifle or SBR in Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATFE or ATF) speak) I built myself from all the parts I ordered and collected in the list.  A vise, armorer's wrench, and a good set of punches is mostly everything you need to assemble an AR-platform rifle and the process is pretty straightforward.  As with any SBR project (barrel less than 16" long or overall length less than 26" long), I had to file the proper paperwork with the ATF and wait ~12 months to get the approval to have such a weapon.  In effect, I created a trust that was registered as the manufacturer of the firearm, and my information is discreetly engraved in the trigger guard per their regulations.  A few hoops to jump through, and a long wait, but itty bitty rifles are fun! You can also buy pre-made SBRs (LWRC has a bunch, for example), but you just have to wait 12 months while it sits in a dealer's storage while the ATF checks you out.