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Posted: 3/16/2016 4:49:26 PM EDT
| Okay i got my ar10 lower all finished..(after a year of having it). and decided to try and make a "design" of a infinity knot symbol on the mag well.. with a dremel engraver. It came out looking like a pile of poo.. so i used my dremel with a sanding disk to take it off , Now it looks like more poo. What can i do to fix this? I was told i might be able to JB weld and smooth it out but that seems sketchy. Also Am i going to run into any "legal" issues with all these marks on it? |
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Okay i got my ar10 lower all finished..(after a year of having it). and decided to try and make a "design" of a infinity knot symbol on the mag well.. with a dremel engraver. It came out looking like a pile of poo.. so i used my dremel with a sanding disk to take it off , Now it looks like more poo. What can i do to fix this? I was told i might be able to JB weld and smooth it out but that seems sketchy. Also Am i going to run into any "legal" issues with all these marks on it? JB Welld sketchy... yeah, a little... but if done right it may look better than it does now. You'll probably want to put some kind of coating over the whole thing to cover up the JB Weld when you are done. There should be no legal issues. It is illegal to deface a serial number on a firearm but that doesn't apply here since that isn't what you were doing. The only possible problem is if some LEO wanted to be a jerk and claim they thought you had defaced a serial number they might cause trouble for you... on the other hand they could get themselves into trouble that way too. |
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I'd get a new lower and destroy this one.
LEO's will think the old SN was defaced, if they see something that looks like it was removed. Then it's up to the courts and forensic guys to find out it had no number to begin with... while you either sit in jail or spend money trying to keep yourself out of jail. |
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I'd get a new lower and destroy this one. LEO's will think the old SN was defaced, if they see something that looks like it was removed. Then it's up to the courts and forensic guys to find out it had no number to begin with... while you either sit in jail or spend money trying to keep yourself out of jail. Damn i was afraid ide get a answer like this. Ide rather be safe than sorry. i think aim has a complete lower for like 120$. Maybe just throw it in the gun safe? |
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problem is that it's little to do with legality but perception. If cops see a gun with scratches where the serial number go then they will assume it's modified (and not restoration or anything). So if you want to remove a mistake make sure it looks as if it was meant to be there to begin with, such as milling the entire surface it's on off.
Make it look like it was commercially manufactured because while many LE believe in second amendment right, not all do. The general perception is that making your own gun is illegal. |
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