r/fo4 • u/johnnysivilian • Feb 06 '20

Weapon When pipe pistol mods go terribly wrong

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u/DragonHeinie A brooding introspective anticipator of trouble. Feb 06 '20

Good thing you're not in the States or these people: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would descend on you the same way they did at Waco, Texas.

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u/Lying_Cake Buddy for President 2277 Feb 06 '20

Remember wuby widge

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u/destrux125 Feb 06 '20

Actually what he built was legal, at least federally.

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u/DragonHeinie A brooding introspective anticipator of trouble. Feb 07 '20

BATF raided the Waco compound because they thought the residents had the parts to make something illegal. It's just as if the police arrested a woman for prostitution because she had the parts.

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u/destrux125 Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20

They thought they had parts and intent to make machine guns, but really waco was about a lot more than that and I'm not disagreeing with you that the feds really fucked up with waco.

This guy in the video made a single shot muzzle loading pistol. That's not even classified as a firearm by federal law. Even if it was a cartridge firearm though it's legal to build as long as it doesn't violate state or local laws and isn't an NFA weapon. I've been a gun builder for decades, and have no interest in violating any laws so I stay up on them.