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is this trigger system legal?
burpfire
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I thought to be legal that the gun can only fire once with each pull of the trigger, not twice as this trigger allows? if legal, definately cooler than anything out there now.
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But, they have ruled that using a hand-brace as a shoulder stock is illegal.
Neal
Used to be a Hellfire trigger mechanism on the market that did the same thing [;)]
I haven't seen that the fellas with the bulges in the cheap suits have ruled on the trigger. Reading the seller's description, it sounds like pulling the trigger once results in firing 2 rounds, which appears to me to make it illegal. I'm not a lawyer, but I did sleep in the dumpster behind a Holiday Inn Express last night.
But, they have ruled that using a hand-brace as a shoulder stock is illegal.
Neal
One, when you pull the trigger and one, when you release the trigger?
Yay! I get to shoot twice as many rounds - even, if I don't want to. [V]
I think the entire idea of a rifle firing when the trigger is pulled and then firing again when the trigger is released is dangerous as hell.
quote:Originally posted by mark christian
The legal definition of a MG (among other things) is the ability to fire more than one round by a single function of the trigger. There is a decade old letter in circulation from the BATF Technology Branch stating that the release of the trigger constitutes a separate function of the trigger. That means (at least on the surface) that firing off a round when the trigger is pulled and another round when the trigger is released does not make the firearm a machine gun since firing two rounds took two separate functions of the trigger.
I think the entire idea of a rifle firing when the trigger is pulled and then firing again when the trigger is released is dangerous as hell.
Used to be a Hellfire trigger mechanism on the market that did the same thing [;)]
That thing could give the federal government just cause to burn your house down in TX.
That it fires once when pulled.
And once when released.
Then again when pulled.
And yet again when released...
So on and so on and so on...
The argument being that the trigger must change direction of travel
in order to initiate release of the firing pin.
Well... It could be argued...
That it fires once when pulled.
And once when released.
Then again when pulled.
And yet again when released...
So on and so on and so on...
The argument being that the trigger must change direction of travel
in order to initiate release of the firing pin.
There in lies the issue. The letter is an opinion by the Technical Branch, it does not have the force of law and can be rescinded as quickly as the BATF makes a new ruling. If we begin to see enough of these double-fire rifles (a term that I just created) then I am guessing a new ruling will happen very quickly and these rifles will become machineguns. The same thing happened with very early semi automatic military style rifles (FALs and HKs) as well as open-bolt firing guns.
It fired once when the trigger was pressed, and once more when it was released. Pull the trigger, fire two rounds.
According to the ad, it was ruled legal by the BATF, same as the one referenced here.