80% recievers & manufacturing in MA

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I've read about these 80% recievers and manufacturing. Metalworking being an interest of mine, I was curious about the legal requirements to do this in MA? Is there anything special involved? FA-10?

Not for resale, Just for personal use.

Also curious if it has to meet some kind of requirements, or can I make it in any style that I want?

(ie, loaded chamber indicator, etc.)
 
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ATF Clarifies Its Position On "80% Finished" Receivers

by Robert M. Hausman
Contributing Editor

Legal guidance on so-called "80% finished" firearm frames and receivers
was offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATF) during the annual Importer's Conference held in early August in
Washington, DC. The conference is open to attendance only by licensed
importers.

In response to a question from an attendee asking for a definition of an
"80% finished" receiver, Sterling Nixon, chief of ATF's Firearms Technology
Branch, responded that the term "80% finished" is not an ATF term, but
rather one created by industry. There are a number of commercial firms that
offer frames and receivers that are advertised as being "80% finished" and
not subject to regulation as firearms.

ATF views these items as being either a firearm or not a firearm, Nixon
explained and added that ATF does not use the term "80% finished."

"Anyone offering anything that has not been evaluated by ATF may be in
violation," Nixon warned. Thus, consumers purchasing these so-called
"80% finished" parts should ask the seller to provide proof that these
items have been evaluated by ATF and deemed to be non-firearms before
purchase.

Last June, ATF launched an investigation of KT Ordnance, a Dillon, MT,
company that was selling "80% finished" frames and receivers for several
different firearms by mail order. While ATF has not commented or made
any announcement of its action, a Montana newspaper reported that ATF
confiscated all inventory, records and made copies of the company's
computer hard drive. According to the company's website, it was up to
the purchaser to complete the rest of the necessary manufacturing steps
and thus turn the part it bought from KT into a firearm. It is not known
whether or not the parts KT offered had been evaluated by ATF.

The New Gun Week, of September 10, 2006

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material is distributed without profit or payment to those who
have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information
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I heard about KT Ordnance. Apparently his faux pas was not only selling the 80%, but inviting people into his shop, inserting piece in fixture, and basically telling the end purchaser 'push this button here'.

At least, thats what has been bandied about on various internet forums. There's a thread where that guy communicates about this regularly at:
http://www.homegunsmith.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi
 
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