Skorpion Kit from MGS

C

Coomba

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Looking into buying one of these Skorpion Parts Kits from Military Gun Supply.

I'd like to know:
  • If anyone has built one, what the difficulties were? I've no real machining experience and my gunsmithing experience includes having a spring in a Ruger SP101 trigger group fly at me and me having to look at the exploded diagram to figure out where it went and cleaning my firearms.
  • Is everything I need included (the barrel comes with it on the deal, or else I have to buy one so I got that much)?
  • Is there BATFE paperwork to fill out? I got a sinking feeling that the fact this kit comes with a wire stock that it's considered a short barreled rifle or something. Or maybe putting one together makes me a manufacturer and I need to jump through a flaming hoop, and the hoop must have at least 2 U.S. made parts.
  • For the price, I think it would be fun to do, assuming no real machining skills or anything. That's mostly why I want to do it: for the experience of putting one together, and the gun looks fun. Anyone think it is/is not worth it? There's plenty of stuff I could buy with that money obviously, ammo, some Mosin 91/30s, etc...
 
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger! AFAIK the parts kit cannot be assembled into a new firearm without falling afoul of several BATF issue. Plus, you would have to machine a frame for it.
 
I believe Southern Ohio Gun has been selling completed Skorpion pistols. I don't remember the price they're asking, but I think it was pretty reasonable. You'll need a FFL to order one for you (if you don't have a license, they don't want to talk to you), but that is a much easier way to get one.
 
Indeed. I also found that I'll have to make various modifications (read: dremel tooling) to ensure it won't go back to full auto, AND I won't be able to use the wire stock without registering it as a SBR.
 
If you buy the parts kit you will still need to buy the receiver. Military Gun Supply also sells new Czech made semi auto receivers for these parts kits for $369 plus shipping and transfer fee through your FFL dealer. The only BATFE paper work you would have is the form for buying the receiver since its considered a firearm.

If you build it as a pistol, 922r laws don't apply so you won't need any U.S. made parts. However, you will have to get rid of the wire but stock and make it so no but stock can even be attached. You will also have to modify the trigger group and bolt for semi auto only. There's also no federal law against building your own gun (yet) but plenty of laws on how you can build it.

Unless you really want to build your own, its not worth the cost when compared to buying a new one. You should also make sure you know the law on building this gun or a trip to the range could end up being a trip to jail. If you don't already know about head spacing, you should learn that also or a trip to the range could end up being a trip to the hospital.
 
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Thanks candr.

I think I will abandon this venture for now. However, I can't shake this bug: I wanna build something, something fairly simple for starters. Why? The educational value, I love firearms, what can I say?
 
Try an AR 15 for a build. Parts are easy to find and you don't have to worry about 922r U.S. made parts. Its also just a matter of putting the parts together to build it and there are tons of accessories and different calibers for AR 15 rifles. Right now it might also be cheaper to build an AR 15 than to buy one.

You should have gotten into building a few years ago. Parts kits were plentiful, cheap, and they didn't cut the barrels.
 
Ah, the troubles with being young. You know, I always wondered what it was like to be a gun nut, firearms enthusiast or whatever we're calling each other and ourselves theses days, during the AWB era. Hopefully I'll never find out first hand, but it seems to me like it was the dark ages.

I think I will build myself an AR. Right now I'm waiting on some parts to convert my Saiga 7.63x39mm. That should be fun and educational, and at the end of the day I hope the rifle works and all my fingers are still on.

Time to search for AR build experiences. Thanks again.
 
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