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goose851
does any body know how the m1a1 functioned it was carried by the airborne in korea
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  • goose851
    Found an M1A1 at auction for sale, what is involved to install selector switch, which I have, but need spring and rollpin. Have heard that other mods have to be done? At a loss as to whether to buy gun if it cannot be converted.
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  • andrewsw16
    Interesting question, but moot. It is a federal crime to convert a semiauto to full auto. To quote Sheriff Buford T. Justice, "You can think about it, but don't do it." [:D]
    If you want a full automatic weapon, legally, the only way to do it is to buy one that is already working and is on file with the feds.
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  • mark christian
    To install the switch it has to go onto the selector shaft, which the M1A1 receiver will not have and in fact cannot have without being a machine gun. The switch itself is little more than a bobble which you could use as an ear ring if you chose to do so; it is not a controlled part and by itself cannot be used to convert a semi auto rifle to selective fire.
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  • KEVD18
    the making of new machine guns has been banned for personal use for quite some time and to make a new machine gun for gov/mil/export use you need to hold a type 10 ffl with an sot.

    im assuming, since this is a very basic question for a person with the above papers, that you you dont hold that license; thus if you live in the states its not legal for you to do so. i suppose im also assuming that you live in the states.
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  • mark christian
    quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
    the making of new machine guns has been banned for personal use for quite some time and to make a new machine gun for gov/mil/export use you need to hold a type 10 ffl with an sot.

    im assuming, since this is a very basic question for a person with the above papers, that you you dont hold that license; thus if you live in the states its not legal for you to do so. i suppose im also assuming that you live in the states.


    A Type 10 FFL is a Manufacturer of Destructive Devices. You would need a Type 07 FFL and a Class 2 SOT to manufacture machine guns.
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  • CDMead
    Is it just me or are we getting more of these questions lately?

    Slow month at the ATF?

    Just to keep it on track, making it full auto is a felony. Good luck with getting any help with that here.
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  • nmyers
    Perhaps you can post a link to the auction you are looking at, or, photos of the rifle.

    I suspect that the gun in question is not even an M1A1.

    Neal
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  • KEVD18
    quote:Originally posted by mark christian
    quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
    the making of new machine guns has been banned for personal use for quite some time and to make a new machine gun for gov/mil/export use you need to hold a type 10 ffl with an sot.

    im assuming, since this is a very basic question for a person with the above papers, that you you dont hold that license; thus if you live in the states its not legal for you to do so. i suppose im also assuming that you live in the states.


    A Type 10 FFL is a Manufacturer of Destructive Devices. You would need a Type 07 FFL and a Class 2 SOT to manufacture machine guns.



    mea culpa. youd think by now id know not to go from memory. oops.
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  • Emmett Dunham
    You could put the switch on the rifle by soldering it to a pin that has no use and the switch would just flop around in the stock. It would just be a little toy unless you run into some that knows what it is and spend some time explaining that it is a toy. What they said if you do not want a toy!

    Emmett
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