WHO ASSEMBLES G3 & CETME RIFLE KITS??

[satx78247]

Friends,

After finding a CETME parts kit in EXCELLENT condition,
I've come to the conclusion that my minimal skills/tools are INADEQUATE to put together a rifle, using a complete new receiver, the necessary 922r compliant parts & new barrel.

Do any of our member assemble OR know a competent person who can do the job??
(Preferably a person within a reasonable driving distance of The Alamo City.)

I plan to do the refinishing/minimal required repairs upon the wooden furniture, as well as the final assembly, since the G3 "plastic" stocks leave me "cold".

Note to "management": IF this is the wrong place to post this inquiry, feel free to move it to a more appropriate place.

yours, satx

 

[Darqhelmet]

https://www.full30.com/video/31613d3aa1d8a8afb4e4f4b2982eb1a1

Step one of many. Good luck!

 

[satx78247]

Darqhelmet,

Pardon me for pointing out that while it's an easy task to unpack, inspect & degrease all the parts (This CETME kit is in GREAT physical shape & once refinished the wooden furniture will be quite handsome. = NICE-looking wood on the stock/fore-end, under all the accumulated crud/dirt!!!), I don't have a suitable press for the barrel and requisite welding skills necessary to do major portions of the assembly.

THANKS for your response.

yours, satx

 

[smittyb]

If someone else puts it together for you, that makes them a manufacturer. They must be licensed as so, and fill out the required paperwork.

 

[Darqhelmet]

Darqhelmet,

Pardon me for pointing out that while it's an easy task to unpack, inspect & degrease all the parts (This CETME kit is in GREAT physical shape & once refinished the wooden furniture will be quite handsome. = NICE-looking wood on the stock/fore-end, under all the accumulated crud/dirt!!!), I don't have a suitable press for the barrel and requisite welding skills necessary to do major portions of the assembly.

THANKS for your response.

yours, satx

The videos keep going. That was the first one in a long series. Follow the white rabbit.

 

[satx78247]

If someone else puts it together for you, that makes them a manufacturer. They must be licensed as so, and fill out the required paperwork.

smittyb,

NOT according to the BATFE Technical Branch, as I'm using a registered/serial-numbered receiver, new US-made barrel & the required number (9 in this case) of "922r" parts.

You would be 100% CORRECT if I was going to bend-up/weld a receiver "flat".

yours, satx

 

[smittyb]

smittyb,

NOT according to the BATFE Technical Branch, as I'm using a registered/serial-numbered receiver, new US-made barrel & the required number (9 in this case) of "922r" parts.

You would be 100% CORRECT if I was going to bend-up/weld a receiver "flat".

yours, satx

Yes, IF YOU were assembling it for yourself, I would agree.
But you asked about someone else assembling it for you, which would require them to have a type 07.

 

[satx78247]

smittyB,

ONCE more, SORRY but you are 100% incorrect, according to BATFE's Technical branch. = I called & asked, after explaining what I wanted done.

Btw, I'm about to request a Class 7 FFL, so I can do the things lawfully that I once did as a "hobby", when I still was an active LEO. = 150 bucks each 3 years is an easy way to BE SURE that I'm legal.
(Some things like reloading for friends in the department, over a decade ago, may have required an ammo manufacturer's license.)

yours, satx

 

[smittyb]

Hmm, guess I’m wrong.
A lot of people sure have had unnecessary “build parties” over the years.

 

[Darqhelmet]

SATX, full30 doesn’t list the videos out cleanly. Here they are

https://www.full30.com/video/31613d3aa1d8a8afb4e4f4b2982eb1a1

https://www.full30.com/video/02d5156482f67b21a53e6304ef18be16

https://www.full30.com/video/c185f6f81b48865667c384d56302fd52

https://www.full30.com/video/c66bdbff55fddfcda556d586c41c1c46

https://www.full30.com/video/6089f5c0b4933060e5a85b49ec8b50c4

https://www.full30.com/video/b24ecd8a962eb93cfa4750c3a9cf24ff

https://www.full30.com/video/0cd92b3fb3f1055bed3bbd1a077fdf8b

https://www.full30.com/video/7f8cc9f8b2f75f24c06ee7223233f8be

https://www.full30.com/video/5b09d45cb5c851e920b7b5600e4fd863

Should be all of them but the intro.

 

[satx78247]

Hmm, guess I’m wrong.
A lot of people sure have had unnecessary “build parties” over the years.

smittyb,

Build parties that I attended were "about saving money". - The last one that I attended (in JUL 2015) found me spending about 10 hours bending AK flats & doing other small jobs. After all the flats were bent-up, the rest of my day was painting/finishing the stocks/metal parts, while other people did other jobs for the 40+ AKs that were completed that one day.
(I suspect that LOTS of BATFE "policies" have changed since DJT came into office & since ODUMBO is becoming "a bad dream".)

ADDENDA: Don't you suspect that ODUMBO's coven of GUN-HATERS just went NUTS over "homebrewed" AKs & "building parties"??? ===> Just the thought of their fuming, stomping around, cursing & ranting mindlessly makes me smile.

The BBQ was GREAT, too.

yours, satx

 

[Eli]

If a gunsmith assembles components provided by a customer, he's just being a gunsmith - although this almost changed when merely re-finishing a firearm nearly became 'manufacturing' a few years ago. (Remember that?)
If a licensed individual (or entity) purchases components to assemble into complete firearms for sale, the assembly of said firearms is 'manufacturing' - even if they bought commercial receivers.
Make sense now? It boils down to assembling customer-provided parts at customer request (gunsmithing) or assembling purchased components to sell as completed firearms (manufacturing).
You give up on old Ford Diesels, Tex?

Eli

 

[satx78247]

Eli,

NOPE. I had to bail my beloved Darla out after Hurricane Harvey got everything that she had, including car, clothes, furniture, appliances, jewelry, etc., etc., etc.
(She cried the hardest over losing all the photos of her late mother/father, than everything else that was washed away.)

BUT she is ALIVE, well & we are both getting back on our feet financially. = That's what counts.
(One of the things that "the water got" was my cellphone with all my contact 200+ contacts. = PLEASE send me yours again.)

For the time being, NO more antique PUs for me, as there is no "fun money".

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

darqhelmet,

THANKS for the long list of links.

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

To All,

A local agent here in SATX told me yesterday evening about a vendor that has several completed & QUALITY rebuilds of the G3 for 450.oo plus FFL transfer, so for the time being I won't be building any kits into rifles.

THANKS to ALL for your input.

yours, tex

 

[smittyb]

I’ll take one, please.

 

[Southpaw]

To All,

A local agent here in SATX told me yesterday evening about a vendor that has several completed & QUALITY rebuilds of the G3 for 450.oo plus FFL transfer, so for the time being I won't be building any kits into rifles.

THANKS to ALL for your input.

yours, tex

Who is the vendor?

 

[TxStetson]

To All,

A local agent here in SATX told me yesterday evening about a vendor that has several completed & QUALITY rebuilds of the G3 for 450.oo plus FFL transfer, so for the time being I won't be building any kits into rifles.

THANKS to ALL for your input.

yours, tex

Please share.

 

[satx78247]

TxStetson; Southpaw; smittyB; ALL,

I'm not where I have the name/address written down but will PM you when I am.

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

To All,

As cheap as kits, receivers & barrels are becoming in DJT's (and us "commoners") world, maybe a BUILD PARTY, IF we can find a welder, who does TIG.

yours, satx