There is no subforum here for firearm building and probably no interest anyway, so this will sit out under "Interests."

From 2 independent sources, I have heard about possible ATF action on demilling requirements in the import space. The suspicion is the ATF will require destruction of any or all of the following:

• gas block
• gas tube
• piston
• trunnion

It's worth remembering in 2005 the ATF began to require barrels be excluded or destroyed.

In addition, Misha, who is pretty well dialed-in to goings-on in the industry, recently claimed to have heard something similar from an industry insider, and he made the obvious points that .gov has a lot of latitude to do so and no court case will be able to undo whatever change the ATF makes.

Time-indexed video:
https://youtu.be/rT3xuYWsdDg&t=109

It is no secret the ATF is not thrilled that US residents have been able to build imports on US receivers since the importation of rifles has been banned. The requirement that any 1 or 2 of those parts also be destroyed or excluded from kits would go a long way toward thwarting the growth of building as a hobby. A decline in the dissemination of knowledge required to build many common patterns of imported rifles would, in itself, be a victory for the ATF as well as the greater disarmament lobby.

As of now, nothing has officially been stated by the ATF or CBP about this.

My goodness. ATF doin gawds work.

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:17 pm My goodness. ATF doin gawds work.

Let's hear an AMEN and a HALLELUJAH brothers and sisters !

highdesert wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:34 pm

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:17 pm My goodness. ATF doin gawds work.

Let's hear an AMEN and a HALLELUJAH brothers and sisters !

It's just miserably tedious. It's as useful and helpful to society's ills as those fucksticks that hack credit cards. More and more and more layers of bullshit to wade through. Get a fucking purpose.

DispositionMatrix wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:36 pm There is no subforum here for firearm building and probably no interest anyway, so this will sit out under "Interests."

There's a lot more liberal than gun on the forum the last year or two, but time was that we had regular threads on builds, mods and gunsmithing in general.

I can't imagine a subforum dedicated to the topic would receive any less engagement than, say, the tax-stamp subforum.

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:36 pm

highdesert wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:34 pm

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:17 pm My goodness. ATF doin gawds work.

Let's hear an AMEN and a HALLELUJAH brothers and sisters !

It's just miserably tedious. It's as useful and helpful to society's ills as those fucksticks that hack credit cards. More and more and more layers of bullshit to wade through. Get a fucking purpose.

I think they need to get a real job instead.

From a month ago:
https://youtu.be/oqVynAea05c&t=222

sikacz wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:26 am

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:36 pm

highdesert wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:34 pm

featureless wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:17 pm My goodness. ATF doin gawds work.

Let's hear an AMEN and a HALLELUJAH brothers and sisters !

It's just miserably tedious. It's as useful and helpful to society's ills as those fucksticks that hack credit cards. More and more and more layers of bullshit to wade through. Get a fucking purpose.

I think they need to get a real job instead.

It's one issue that Republicans will be talking about until Election Day 2024. Even if Biden wins reelection, if the Senate goes Republican it will be difficult for him to get political appointees confirmed along with judges. If the current ATF director resigns or is impeached, Biden would have almost zero chance of getting a new one confirmed.