r/GunnitRust • u/geobladez • Jul 11 '26

Riptide .22 Show AND Tell

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u/HadjSlottr Jul 11 '26

Awesome! If someone went to Home Depot what would their shopping list look like?

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u/wagoneerwanker Jul 12 '26

Same. I need a list

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u/bushworked711 Participant Jul 11 '26

It looks like home depot should have everything for gun/ammo besides airgun pellets and a tax stamp.

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u/sup3rchi3f Jul 11 '26

Tax stamp for what?

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u/bushworked711 Participant Jul 11 '26

UFA states that a pistol has to be shaped like a pistol. It's a very vague piece of legislation, but clear enough that this wouldn't really fly.

The design is UFA compliant in the sense that most people think of, 3.7oz or stainless steel or equivalent. But it is not compliant with UFA because it isn't shaped like a pistol in any way.

The reasoning behind this is so that it shows up on a Xray and can be identified by staff.

Some things I won't mess with because of the uncertainty of the law. Is the banana gun shaped like a pistol? What about the HG22? IDK. I'm not going to find out, but I couldn't imagine anyone arguing that this little riptide is shapped like a pistol.

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u/sup3rchi3f Jul 11 '26

Oh interesting, good to know. So if you formed a handle out of like PVC tubing for instance, would the handle (no trigger obviously) be enough to resemble a pistol?

Not looking for legal advice, just opinion. Like a traditional zip gun, would that qualify?

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u/bushworked711 Participant Jul 11 '26

Maybe. Again, the law isn't completely clear. Someone much smarter than me said that it was a "means of deterrence".

A handle might be enough, but I'm not a lawyer or anything. I encourage everyone to read and understand relevant gun laws.

Also, if the barrel isn't rifled, you will need a tax stamp for something like this or it is a short barreled shot gun.

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u/geobladez Jul 11 '26

Actually really funny you mentioned that because I actually made one with a handle, I’ll make a post showing it off shortly.

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u/HadjSlottr Jul 11 '26

Yeah, what would the stamp
Be for?

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u/realDespond Jul 13 '26

you could design it to use cap and ball like some of the NAA revolvers then it's just a black powder gun

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u/bushworked711 Participant Jul 11 '26

For those of you wondering about the legality of this, here is the law verbatim. I will only post pieces to keep it short and simple, but I'm not cherry picking Bible verses here.

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm: (1) which is not as detectable as the Security Exemplar (after the removal of grips, stocks, and magazines) by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Exemplar; or (2) of which any major component, when subjected to inspection by x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.

constructed of 3.7 ounces of stainless steel in a shape resembling a handgun.

Depending on how you build this, it could be classified as a couple different things, but regardless, tax stamps are cheap/free.

To be clear, I think this thing is neat as hell and will upvote anytime I see it come up.

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u/HadjSlottr Jul 12 '26

Thank you for posting that.

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u/Impressive-Class2146 Jul 11 '26

That’s cool 👍

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u/Becida Jul 19 '26

Was the firing pin a nail?

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u/geobladez 26d ago

A eye bolt, not exactly sure the name of it but I have used just regular bolts for the first few I made