TinCuda
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Hi all,
I am kind of new to this forum. I have read some but this is my first thread. I am far from an expert and I do not consider myself much of an artist. I hope you like it but I do welcome any thoughts or comments.
This is something that I have been kicking around in my head for a while now and I finally thought I would give it a try.
Now for the disclaimer... As this is a live firearm, please do not follow my example or do this at home yourself. I am not liable for any injuries, OK? Nothing here is for sale. Please do not ask. Sorry if I over-read a rule against real firearms in this forum. Also, I will not get into a debate or discussion about firearms or related laws. Recognizing that this is a forum about movie props, this is not the place. I will say this, I live in the United States and as such, the firearm laws require that a firearm classified as a "rifle" must have a 16 inch long barrel. I refuse to register and pay the tax to reclassify this rifle into a "short barrel rifle" and I would rather have an awkwardly long barrel than pin/weld the stock forward.
The rifle is a British L2A3 Sterling built and converted by Wiselite into a closed bolt semi-auto version. Because working L2A3s are becoming fairly hard to find these days, everything that I have done to mine is completely reversible as I will explain as we go.
I started out by making the top rail from 3/4 inch steel flat bar stock that I got at a local hardware store. It took three attempts before I had one that I was happy with. I used the longer one in the middle. I got the airsoft version so I could have a three dimensional object to look at. I realize it has some errors in authenticity.
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I am kind of new to this forum. I have read some but this is my first thread. I am far from an expert and I do not consider myself much of an artist. I hope you like it but I do welcome any thoughts or comments.
This is something that I have been kicking around in my head for a while now and I finally thought I would give it a try.
Now for the disclaimer... As this is a live firearm, please do not follow my example or do this at home yourself. I am not liable for any injuries, OK? Nothing here is for sale. Please do not ask. Sorry if I over-read a rule against real firearms in this forum. Also, I will not get into a debate or discussion about firearms or related laws. Recognizing that this is a forum about movie props, this is not the place. I will say this, I live in the United States and as such, the firearm laws require that a firearm classified as a "rifle" must have a 16 inch long barrel. I refuse to register and pay the tax to reclassify this rifle into a "short barrel rifle" and I would rather have an awkwardly long barrel than pin/weld the stock forward.
The rifle is a British L2A3 Sterling built and converted by Wiselite into a closed bolt semi-auto version. Because working L2A3s are becoming fairly hard to find these days, everything that I have done to mine is completely reversible as I will explain as we go.
I started out by making the top rail from 3/4 inch steel flat bar stock that I got at a local hardware store. It took three attempts before I had one that I was happy with. I used the longer one in the middle. I got the airsoft version so I could have a three dimensional object to look at. I realize it has some errors in authenticity.
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