Five easy Ways to Make AR15 type Receivers at Home

Gun Watch ^ | 2 August, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

There are at least five easy ways to make AR15 receivers at home.

1. Purchase an 80% blank and finish it with a drill, files and patience, it gets easier with a Dremel type tool. Or use a drill and mill and skill. Many videos on how to do it  are available on the Internets. There are numerous sites on the Internets vying for profits, good reviews, and price point.

2. Purchase an 80% receiver and finish it with a programed CDC machine, i.e. the Ghost gunner. Order it on the Internets. The Ghost Gunner has an excellent reputation for creating quality receivers. Defense Distributed is expanding their line to include several different pistol models, including Glock and the Government model .45.

3. Bolt one together from properly sized Aluminum sheets/blocks. Some drilling and tapping required. Specs and templates available on the Internets. This has great potential for building at home. I have not found any kits on the Internets, but they should be easy to create.

4. Print one with a 3D printer. Code and 3D machines available on the Internets. 3D printed receivers have been improved much since the first ones were printed as proof of principle. They tend to be the least durable of the homemade receivers because of the common materials used in inexpensive 3D printers, such as ABS and Nylon. As 3D printers become cheaper and more versatile, the durability of 3D printed receivers will continue to improve.

5. Cast one out of an epoxy resin. Molds, resin and instructions available on the Internets. Reviews of this method indicate it makes a fairly durable and tough receiver. It may not be as tough as aluminum, but they work fairly well.

All of these methods have been shown to work reasonably well, taking various amounts of time and money.

These are not the only methods available. There are many combinations available depending on tools, time, and materials. For example, there are hybrid designs that print out smaller parts, then bolt them together.

These methods need not rely on the Internets. They can be done using old print technology and or video tapes, sold over the counter, or by mail order.

Various of these methods have been available at gun shows from time to time. Sold as kits for cash and carry, there is no digital or paper trail. The kits are simply information and materials, sometimes with a few basic tools.

There are opportunities for gun show entrepreneurs to sell more of these systems as kits, complete with materials and video instructions.  The United States is not the former Soviet Union. Every typewriter is not required to be registered and tracked. Every drill press is not owned by the State.

It would be a great money making project for a gun club or a Second Amendment activist group to promote the First Amendment, Second Amendment rights, self reliance, and personal independence, all at once. The systems are inexpensive enough to make a good money making project for a church group, Trail  Life,4-H club, or Boy Scout council, if they can develop enough spine for it.

President Trump has shown the country that people no longer need fear the nanny state crybullies. Second Amendment supporters can fight back by exercising their rights.

All of the information is available to mill an AR15 receiver from a block of aluminum, to start completely from scratch. Some have used this method, but it takes more time, skill, and effort than the others listed.

 ©2018 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.

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[marktwain]

There are simple methods for making your own AR15 receiver mold as well. It only takes a couple of hours and an existing receiver.

[tbw2]

I noticed the codeisfreespeech.com site that had a number of plans up was taken down mid-day yesterday.

[T-Bird45]

So that’s what that noise was...liberal head-splodeys!

[WildHighlander57]

Thanks for posting this !

[chrisser]

I lost them in a tragic boating accident, but during the Emperor’s reign, I ordered a couple of 80% receivers.

Life got in the way, but I have everything needed to finish them off, plus most of the other parts required other than the barrel and stock - I haven’t made those final decisions yet.

If you build an AR this way, there’s no paper trail and you can spread the cost out significantly, building it how you want as you go.

[IYAS9YAS]

I noticed the codeisfreespeech.com site that had a number of plans up was taken down mid-day yesterday.

They appear to be functioning just fine this morning.

[Desron13]

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[captain_dave]

You could also carve one out of wood. The lower receiver holds the trigger and recoil buffer tube assemblies so any material of reasonable strength will work.

[OKSooner]

Thanks for the helpful, at least interesting, information.

Just one thing... wishing to be helpful, please... the correct term is "the internet", in the collective usage.

[OKSooner]

Option numero dos is most intriguing, btw...

[mountainlion]

The casting with epoxy resin looks interesting but you have to do the machining that the 80% has already done. How do you drill and tap the large thread that holds the buffer tube and stock? Much easier to buy a completed lower receiver and be done with it.
It would be neat to have a red, white and blue receiver though.

[Pollster1]

https://ghostgunner.net/products/ghost-gunner-2-deposit

Your order will contain the fully-assembled GG2 CNC, tooling, software, and operating instructions.

Current estimated delivery date is Q4 2018.

We charge a $100.00 flat fee for shipping the GG2 domestically. Shipments to Canada and Mexico are an additional $100 and will be made without the inclusion of any .DD cutting files.

The Ghost Gunner 2 full price is $2,000 before shipping. Your deposit will account for $250 of that price.

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Note: I am not affiliated with Ghost Gunner, just posting relevant information. $2,100 for a finished receiver is steep. For those with little or no machining skill, a group/family purchase at $2,100, plus $120 per blank for unregistered 1911 frames and $67-$87 per lower for as many receivers as you want is fabulous.

You would not be violating any laws if you purchased the parts kits for 20+ 1911s and the blanks for the frames, gave/resold them for cash to your extended family, then lined everyone up at a family reunion and told them each to hit “start” to manufacture their own handgun on the already-programmed Ghost Gunner. A similar move with AR-10s and AR-15s, and your clan is well equipped for a full zombie apocalypse. If zombies infiltrated the government, as they already have at DMV, they would have no indication of who owned those firearms.

[gaijin]

Later

[afterhoursarmory]

Do some digging on Option Dos. Lots of un-satisfied people purchased them. There was hype about “free plans” once purchased that never came to be.
I see used ones for sale all the time at gun shows.
They may have righted their ship by now (I was looking at the Ghost Runner 2 myself) but just stick to milling out 80’s for my business. If you get good milling bits you can finish milling in about an hour. I also anodize or cerakote depending on what the customer wants.

[afterhoursarmory]

Just don’t get caught without roll marks on a range outside your property; you are inviting lots of problems for yourself.

[marktwain]

The casting with epoxy resin looks interesting but you have to do the machining that the 80% has already done. How do you drill and tap the large thread that holds the buffer tube and stock?

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The threads are cast in place. If anything a little minor trimming is necessary.

Several reviews at the site.

[marktwain]

Just don’t get caught without roll marks on a range outside your property; you are inviting lots of problems for yourself.

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Likely in some states. New Jersey, New York, California, and Massachusetts come to mind...

[afterhoursarmory]

While not technically illegal in my state; if you are making one or two for yourself a person should be fine. Pop up at the range with one and you’ll likely get an ATF visit later and be questioned. Its just easier to serial and roll mark the lowers and be done with it (and doing serials yourself via electric etching is easy). That is one other thing I did not like about the GG2, can’t roll mark with it.

[2harddrive]

The link for Free 3D printable gun blueprints is:
www.codeisfreespeech.com

I have no printer, but I downloaded all 10 to show support for the First Amendment

[marktwain]

Just one thing... wishing to be helpful, please... the correct term is “the internet”, in the collective usage.

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Interesting. I exclusively used Internet, until someone corrected me and said the correct term was “Internets”.

I prefer Internet. Looking it up, Internet is used a bit more than Internets.