Quick Question:
In general, how are full auto firearms made into semi auto? is it just a new trigger group? Or are there other things based on the particular firearm?
Quick Question:
In general, how are full auto firearms made into semi auto? is it just a new trigger group? Or are there other things based on the particular firearm?
Example: An AR lower receiver that has a registered lightning link inside - remove the lightning link. Because the LL "is" the machine gun / registered part in this scenario.
Full-auto HK sear pack? Just remove that sear pack and put in a regular sear pack.
Other guns - the cut and weld and document process seems to be the only way for us mere mortals to do it.
If a gun still owned by a governmental agency - it may not need the extensive cut and weld jobs. My brother-in-law's police department has 1 M-14 rifle as a part of some kind of Federal lend-lease program. It's a Vietnam-era rifle that was originally a FA gun, but is now converted to semi-auto somehow (i'm completely ignorant on the process of achieving this in an M-14). But I know it hasn't been cut/welded.
The torch cut requirement is for manufacturers and importers, citizens are allowed to make a single saw cut thru the receiverLegally? If I recall correctly, it's 'once a full auto, always a full auto'.
So let's say you wanted to take Grandpa's Korean War bringback Kalash and (legally) convert it to semi auto. You would have to destroy the receiver by flame cutting it into three pieces, with each cut removing at least a 1/4" strip of material and going through critical mechanical surfaces. Then you would weld the receiver back together, as well as modifying it to ensure that it cannot receive a full auto trigger group, bolt carrier, et al. Or just buy a semi-auto receiver and build on that.
But I am not a lawyer, so take that with a grain of salt.
The torch cut requirement is for manufacturers and importers, citizens are allowed to make a single saw cut thru the receiver
Most of those guns simply have the selector switch removed and replaced with a little device which locks it into SA. It was done by the army way back when they came to the conclusion that FA .308 was not suited to the platform.Example: An AR lower receiver that has a registered lightning link inside - remove the lightning link. Because the LL "is" the machine gun / registered part in this scenario.
Full-auto HK sear pack? Just remove that sear pack and put in a regular sear pack.
Other guns - the cut and weld and document process seems to be the only way for us mere mortals to do it.
If a gun still owned by a governmental agency - it may not need the extensive cut and weld jobs. My brother-in-law's police department has 1 M-14 rifle as a part of some kind of Federal lend-lease program. It's a Vietnam-era rifle that was originally a FA gun, but is now converted to semi-auto somehow (i'm completely ignorant on the process of achieving this in an M-14). But I know it hasn't been cut/welded.
Big in the AK community and many, many AKs were imported with a single saw cut...Why do you think that?
Quick Question:
In general, how are full auto firearms made into semi auto? is it just a new trigger group? Or are there other things based on the particular firearm?