mail, neatly packed and ready to assemble.
“What these companies are doing is trying to exploit a kind of technical loophole in federal law,” said Adam Skaggs with the Giffords Law Center to Reduce Gun Violence.Ĭhannel 2 Action News ordered one of the kits, which cost around $500.
The rule goes into effect in four months, according to the Department of Justice.Ĭhannel 2 Action News first told you about these guns in 2018, when we found many online businesses which sell all the parts needed for an unfinished rifle. The kits will need to have serial numbers, and a person buying one would need to pass a background check. There are still some Damascus cape guns in the nitro cals that have proofed very high even though some are over 100 years old.The new rule requires that kits to make homemade guns be treated like other guns made and sold in the U.S. Something like this trade gun from Belgium, would need to be carefully inspected to see if it could be safe with modern loads, and if it's chambers are cut for modern shell lengths.Ībsolutely, it's more about the quality of the maker. most likely has a very strong Damascus barrel, if it has been cared for over the years. Especially when you examine the cheaper guns of the time.Ī good grade of gun, like a real Greener, Remington, LeFevre, etc. Many of the laminated barrels were made without full understanding of how to carry out the process, leaving multitudes of seams in the steel that then collected corrosion and weakened at the "hammer weld" junctions. Going up two grades to the nicely engraved grades got one into a Damascus barrel set at more like $150, and prices went up from there, all with Damascus barrels.
The steel barreled 1894 Rem hammerless guns listed around $50 (in gold-backed currency). They were considered stronger and more desirable than the new "fluid steel" barrels. If you examine the records of Remington doubles from the 1890s and 1900s, Damascus steel barrels were the HIGH END barrel.
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