BATFE and 80% lower manufacturing

[cswnow]

Just curious what it takes and how long does it take to get your 80% lowers thru the BATFE?

Do you have to go thru the BATFE to mfg 80% lowers and sell them?

Manufacturing them is the easy part. (Plenty of CNC machines)

Is it worth it in the long run? Now it seems like it would be a viable business, even if you didn't gouge people.

Just looking for input. New to this whole AR lowers.

Thanks in Advance

[yamaha415]

Im not sure you understand how 80% lowers work. Typically they are for personal use only and not intended for resale. If you do decide to resale then you have to engrave it with certain information.

What it sounds like your are wanting to do is turn the 80% into completed stripped lowers and sell them. At that point you are manufacturing for the purpose of sale and need a FFL

[Harrison_Bergeron]

He is asking about turning a block of aluminum into an 80%, not an 80% into a working firearm.

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Dont forget the magwell and the buffer tube threads, it is not as easy as throwing a block into a cnc and getting an 80%.

[cswnow]

I understand how they work.

I understand how they work. I would be CNC the forged or billet aluminum to an 80% state. Then I would be selling those 80% lowers, which is essentially a hunk of metal. With that said can someone answer the above questions?

Yes I know about taking an 80% lower to a full lower. I am not talking about doing that. Unless later I allowed people to come to the shop to complete their build.

THanks

[AVID HUNTER]

You need to send a couple samples to the ATF for them to review the paperwieght and provide you with a letter stating that it is not a firearm. Once you have that letter, us buyers will buy them providing that they are milspec. It can take up to a couple years to get that letter, but if you hire a lobbiest, you could get it done quicker. Get to work, a lot of consumers looking for something different!

[cswnow]

Thanks

Yikes a couple of years. Well it is the government, they don't move that fast unless they are spending our money.

Thanks for the info.

[taladeganite]

WELL said Avid

[fragthefreaks]

He is asking about turning a block of aluminum into an 80%, not an 80% into a working firearm.

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Dont forget the magwell and the buffer tube threads, it is not as easy as throwing a block into a cnc and getting an 80%.

Never mind that the milled receivers weren't ever expected to last as long as the (good) stamped ones.......................

[cswnow]

He is asking about turning a block of aluminum into an 80%, not an 80% into a working firearm.

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Dont forget the magwell and the buffer tube threads, it is not as easy as throwing a block into a cnc and getting an 80%.

Thanks Harrison. I agree, it's not as easy as throwing a block into the CNC machine. I am just looking for information, etc. Just to see if it's worth pursing.

Thanks for the input.