by When some of the politicians in California were railing on about 80% lowers and “ghost guns” (sic), if I remember correctly Tam said in response that you could get a 90% Sten at your local Lowe’s. That comment stuck with me. Thus, when I saw Ian McCullom’s video on the homemade full auto firearms made by Philip A. Luty which were in the Royal Armouries’ National Firearms Centre collection, I was reminded of it.
Mr. Luty was a man of conscience who objected to the British firearms laws. He designed a 9mm submachine gun from scratch and published the plans to it in his book “Expedient Homemade Firearms” (which is available on Amazon). With a quick Google search you will find PDFs of many of his plans and blueprints around the Internet. I might even suggest that you download these to a thumb drive just because you can. I’m not saying to build one of them but in a TEOTWAWKI situation it might prove useful.
Unlike the US where the receiver is the restricted part, in much of the rest of the world it is the parts like a barrel which must take pressure that is the restricted part. By restricted, I mean subject to government regulation. As Ian notes, Mr. Luty wanted to show the foolishness of British firearms laws and paid for it with his freedom. The British police eventually caught him test-firing one of his submachine guns for which he was convicted and imprisoned.
Mr. Luty passed away in 2011 from cancer while he was facing charges related to his gun rights activism. May he rest in peace.