Thread: Making a Rolling block rifle on my lathe.

Originally Posted by stevodog

Very cool. Do you need any special license to make these? What pressures will it run at/to?
My dad is a soon to be retiring fitter/turner who makes can't find vintage car parts in his spare time. I could put him and his mates onto one of these.

You can make a firearm for yourself provided it is legal to have with your FAL. Like, don't make a pistol if you don't have B-cat license.

You can later pass this firearm to someone else, but you can't manufacture a firearm for someone else or with the intent of selling it, I think you need some sort of ticket for that, maybe @gundoc can fill in more details.

Of course with new arms regulations, my mate would not able to help me even put a scope on my rifle unless he is a licensed gunsmith...


EDIT: adding beginning of section 5 of the current arms act, my emphases in bold:

"5. Dealers to be licensed
(1) No person may, unless they hold a dealer’s licence under this Act issued by a commissioned officer of the Police,—
(a) in the way of business sell any firearm, prohibited magazine, prohibited part, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon; or
(b) manufacture for sale any firearm, prohibited magazine, prohibited part, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon."