Got my papers today, I officially have an 07 FFL.
I started this journey several years ago, I bought a Southbend Fourteen lathe and a milling machine and started learning how to use them. Soon I was barreling rifles for myself, then for others. A year ago, after 12 years in IT I moved out of the office and became a maintenance machinist within the same company, and started going back to school for CNC. At work we currently use manual machines, but we're supposed to be getting CNC capability within a year and I'll be the CNC guy.
My main focus is long range, I've been doing tactical competitions for a while. I do AR's as well of course, but I like chambering the barrels myself. Anyone can put a box of parts together, and when I do the barrels myself I can make it exactly like I want.
I'm excited to see where this goes. I'll be taking it slow to start with, I'm busy with work and family and not looking to go full time for quite a while. Next stage will be adding CNC capability at home, I'm looking forward to that. I'll be sending off the SOT form as well, but that's just paperwork.
Just excited, and wanted to share!
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