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This is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit and seems to have a broad range of meaning. here's what my dictionary says:
Start from scratch - to begin from nothing with no advantage.
My personal opinion (and this is ONLY my opinion) is that "scratch built" is built ENTIRELY from raw materials. It differs from "hand built" in that power tools can be used in "scratch built" but "hand built" is made ENTIRELY from raw materials, ENTIRELY by hand, no power tools. To me, it would be nice to have set definitions for terms commonly used regarding gunmaking (there's another term that could use a clear definition).
Cody
Start from scratch - to begin from nothing with no advantage.
My personal opinion (and this is ONLY my opinion) is that "scratch built" is built ENTIRELY from raw materials. It differs from "hand built" in that power tools can be used in "scratch built" but "hand built" is made ENTIRELY from raw materials, ENTIRELY by hand, no power tools. To me, it would be nice to have set definitions for terms commonly used regarding gunmaking (there's another term that could use a clear definition).
Cody