Colin Stolzer manufactures rifles without an FFL and sells them. SELLS THEM!!!! Thats right MAKES THEM AND SELLS THEM WITHOUT AN FFL!!!!! Everyone that keeps telling me this is illegal can please stop now. I know Colin personally. He sends the ATF tech branch a pre 1898 patent drawing and a cartridge spec sheet and they send him a letter that says yes you can make this and sell it or no you can't. It is that simple.

All Frank Wesson cartridges are obsolete, as listed below:

Frank Wesson Cartridges

Caliber      Bullet Dia.      Case length      Rim Dia.      Neck Dia.      Base Dia.
30/15            .310            1.550            .410            .339            .342
30/30             .308         1.640               .436         .329        .377   
30/40            .308            1.630            .436            .329            .377
32/25            .318            1.615            .380            .318            .320
35 Wssn         .350            2.500            .500            .378            .435
40/60            .404            2.210            .553            .426            .455
40/70            .401            2.310            .530            .425            .462
42 Wssn         .429            2.500            .507            .448            .449
42/100        .429            2.910            .505            .448            .449
44 Ex long       .440            1.630            .510            .441            .441
44/85            .466            2.880            .605            .515            .515
44/90            .451            2.500            .663            .487            .537
44/100            .445            3.380            .605            .515            .515
50 Wssn          .501            1.875            .610            .526            .537

In addition to:

All Maynard cartridges.

Many BP wildcats, such as 28 cal - 32 XL (Frank Weson), 28 cal - 32/35, 28 cal - 32 Ideal.

22 WCF (Hornet with .228 groove)

25/20 ss

28/30 Stevens and shortened 28/30's. 

32/30 Remington (.377 head - .309 groove)

32/35 Stevens and Maynard (.400 head - .311/.312 groove)

32 Ideal (.345 head - .323 groove)

32/40 Remington (.455 head - .309 groove)

38/50 Ballard (.422 head - .380 groove)

38/50 Remington (.455 head - .380 groove)

40/70 ss .455 head - .410 groove)

40/63 & 40/70  Ballard (.467 head - .410 groove)

Most all 45 calibers other than 45/70

I think all BP 50 calibers.

That should give you a very good selection of chambers.

Frank

Did he submit the info to ATF Tech Branch and get permission? Its hard to get in trouble when you have a permission slip form the ATF. Colin did say that the way the law was written they could change their minds at any time and tell you to stop production.

Mike_Hunter wrote on Jul 27^th, 2014 at 8:49am:


There's the rub. If it can be found. And with some custom reloaders making up cartridges for obsolete chambering's, the group of cartridges considered truly obsolete can change often. Still, if the caliber is obsolete at the time it's built, and sold, it would seem no laws would be broken. Just unfortunate that one week it might be OK, and the next it might not.

By the way. Colins blog is one of the best sources of information you can find on building specialty weapons. Check it out and you will see what I mean. Also, for those of you who do not know this already. I own a publishing company and we recently started a Firearms and knifemaking imprint called Smokewagon Press. We are hopefully going to be producing the new edition of Colins book on Muzzleloader design and fabrication techniques so please stay tuned. One more thing. If you are an author or have an idea for a do it yourself guide about any firearm or knife related subject please send me a message. I have an open call for authors right now and I would love to see what you have in mind. All submissions are welcome. Our Website is smokewagonpres.com but it is brand new and still under construction.
Frank

That is not what this is about. Stolzer does this for a living. Legally. Yet some people insist that even though they have no idea who he is or his body of work, they think they know better than he does. Thats the thing about these forums. Everyone is an expert. If you hear something you don't agree with just get on there unanimously and tell everyone that they are wrong and you are right. I listed his site to o people could go see for themselves. I posted the book because some people on a single shot rifle forum might actually want to know how to build a single shot rifle from someone who makes his living doing it every day!!!!!!!!!!
It never ceases to amaze me how everything can get hijacked and turned into some sort of conspiracy. This started out as me asking about obsolete bullets and here we are... Guerrilla marketing!
Yep you caught me. I engineered this entire fiasco so that I could market a book we don't even have the rights to yet. 
If you were just fooling around I apologize. If you were serious then lets take a vote right now. 
If a publisher were printing new books on firearms design and fabrication techniques would you like to know about it or would you like that information to remain off of the forum?

OMG, Were talking about obsolete single shot rifles, right ?
Not exactly crime guns.

Someone mentioned Steve Earle, Is Steve Earle the guy that wrote & sang  "Copperhead Road" ?  Sorta fitting.

OH! And here she is, a #1 Mid Range!! 

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