Comments on: NSSF Opposes Actions Forcing Gunsmiths to Register under ITAR https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2016/08/nssf-opposes-actions-forcing-gunsmiths-to-register-under-itar/ from AccurateShooter.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Bill https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2016/08/nssf-opposes-actions-forcing-gunsmiths-to-register-under-itar/comment-page-1/#comment-51167 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 04:05:18 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=58523#comment-51167 See: e) The machining or cutting of firearms, e.g., threading of muzzles or muzzle brake installation requiring machining, that results in an enhanced capability;

What does “that results in an enhanced capability” mean, especially with respect to threading a muzzle.

Since you can get mounts that don’t need threaded but fit via friction or even set screws, I would say there is no “enhanced capability” by threading a barrel, only just a different capability yet redundant capability.

]]> By: Jerry Shaw https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2016/08/nssf-opposes-actions-forcing-gunsmiths-to-register-under-itar/comment-page-1/#comment-51161 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:39:58 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=58523#comment-51161 Note some other issues that aren’t mentioned above –
a) Use of any special tooling or equipment upgrading in order to improve the capability of assembled or repaired firearms;

d) The systemized production of ammunition, including the automated loading or reloading of ammunition

I construe (a) to mean that you could get sideways with the government if you change the barrel on a Savage rifle since the barrel nut wrench is doubtless a “special tool.”
And you can probably get in a bind if you load practice ammo for your junior program. Most of us are somewhat systematic in the way we do that.

The point is that there is peril in every one of the items in this Ruling.

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