I am in the final stages of a project that has spanned almost two years.  I am building a live 60mm mortar and am down to my last piece.  I am in dire need of a cup for my M2 mortar and thusfar I have been unable to find anyone with one to sell or willing to make one.  I have engineering drawings/blueprints for the production of one and need a machinist or gunsmith that can produce one in the Vegas area.  

Now, in order to remain legal, I either have to be there during the machining or it has to be produced under an FFL as a title 1 weapon with no barrel present.  As soon as I can find someone to produce my cup, I'm going to send off my tube to get Cerakoted (in order to not run afoul of 'constructive intent') while the Form 1 is clearing the ATF.

So, can anyone recommend a local machineshop or gunsmith that would take on this rather unique project?  I may also have some follow-on work with projectiles/fuze designs I've been working on.

check with matt babb

http://www.bentwoodgunsmithing.com/

I have a NFA registered 60 mm M2 mortar.  I'd be interested in putting some $$ towards the effort to get some projectiles and/or fuzes made when you get to that point.

He referred me to another company.  They said they only made display cups, not suitable for making a live DD.

As far as projos, I have a notional design for a basic spotting round that is reloadable that uses a shotgun blank as a bursting charge.  

Here is a fun fact, the aluminum Bud Light bottles are 60mm in diameter and, when a nut is pressfit into the neck of the bottle from the inside for the fins, makes a fairly convincing dummy round.

Since this would be a Title I item, you might try Smith Enterprise, Inc. (Tempe, AZ).

I'll see if they'd take on a one-off project like this.  My other goal of finding a local machinist for development of projo/fuze design was driving me to stay with a local vendor, but my highest priority right now is to turn my rather expensive scrap pile into an artillery piece.  

And, as a side note Different, if you  know anyone looking for a baseplate for their own mortar build, I have an extra sitting around.

Don't know if he'd be interested, but you could try Doc at Accuracy Gunshop.

Yep, that was me.  I followed the referrals to ground and got no luck out of them.  I've waited 2 years to finish the project, i can wait a month or so more.

I'll drop by in early Feb to get a quote from you guys.

No problem and thank you for sharing.