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Posted: 2/19/2006 5:44:54 AM EDT
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If you make your own piston it will certainly count as a US part. If I were making them I would possibly mark it as US made or otherwise make it a little different than the original. There is nothing that says your compliance parts have to be marked as US made, (that I have ever seen anyway).
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Posted: 2/19/2006 1:02:26 PM EDT
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Assuming that your pistons would be made of stainless steel it would be pretty easy to tell them apart from the original chrome plated ones.
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Posted: 2/19/2006 1:07:57 PM EDT
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There are no rules |
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Posted: 2/20/2006 6:59:10 AM EDT
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if you possess the knowlege and compotence to make a safe functional part, then as long as you make it in the USA its U.S. made.
I am a studieing manufacturing engineer and I plan on making at least a couple of my own parts when I get around to assembling my own AK. |
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Posted: 2/20/2006 7:27:44 AM EDT
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if you turn a piston
anyone who looks at it will know its us made thats not how they are made elsewhere and you dont need to mark it you can if you want but almost any custom /us made parts that arnt made in bulk arnt marked |
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Posted: 2/20/2006 7:40:11 AM EDT
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Its cheaper and less time consuming to simply buy the compliance parts than to machine them yourself.
The only reason to do it yourself is for the sake of doing it yourself. The gas piston is probably the simplest item to make, needing only a lathe. You can cut the threads single point on the lathe if your lathe can do metric threads. Otherwise, a metric die is probably going to cost more than the ready made piston. John |
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