I think making weapons would be easy for a well orginised community. The task is a skilled metal workers job. You would need the lathes, drill presses etc. Then you would need to power them, that is already covered by the rules. You would have to people producing fuel to power generators, or, the tools directly by an overhead belt drive using a car on blocks and the belt attached to the drive wheels, the engine would idle and the belts would turn. The rest is just gearing the belts (look at an old workshop from 1850-1920's), or a water wheel which is the easier method for reliable regular power. The rest would be having a patern to work from, or the broken item. What becomes hard for the community is the ammount you would produce. 'I want an M16, OK come back in a month.' The stocks you could produce from colapsable designs. Front grips could be shortened or produced like the old thompson submachine gun front pistol grip. You could also go down the recycle way. Barrels for the guns would be just about impossable to make to any high standard, it is not a normal steel (something about the carbon content), so I bars would not work. Unless you used a smooth bore design.
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