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Stamp Full Auto on Firearm?
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Is it ok to stamp Fullauto at the selecter switch of a semi auto ar15?
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As above ... if noticed by leo, it would just give them a reason to hassle you.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
I see HK's with "clipped and pinned" 3position lowers all the time, they look like full auto lowers but aren't ... or at least aren't supposed to be.
As above ... if noticed by leo, it would just give them a reason to hassle you.
Yea, it's big in the HK community to have the full auto or burst symbol on semi autos, basically guys just dreaming of owning a sear I guess.
+2 on the LEO hassle, if you run into a cop who is not gun savvy, but thinks he is you are likely to lose your gun for awhile until they figure it out.
Hopefully all those guys will realize that they actually do have a right to own those Full Autos...
Is it ok to stamp Fullauto at the selecter switch of a semi auto ar15?
YES!
CP
I am not planning on doing it, but after reading the fake silencer thread and wondering why anyone would want one, other than to replicate a certain battlefield weapon, the thought crossed my mind about replicating a full auto m16 by stamping next to the selecter switch.
now, ignorant local yokels who dont know that laws may give you some crap about it. ive never been hassled at the range, but then again im responsible and safe in my shooting activities(note, im not saying anyone here is any different. just saying i dont give cops a reason to hassle me).
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11b6r, I have to try to think back 35 years but I seem to recall that "burst" was also an option in the military M-16s in the early 70s. I am not a AR crank, so have not kept up on later developments. Did the selector originally say "auto-burst-single-safe," or some similar arrangement? How's the memories of the various other old farts on this site?
The military versions of the M16 family of weapons have only been "safe-semi-auto" or "safe-semi-burst". They have never been a four position switch. Not in any fully fielded version anyway.
The "burst" option came out in the A2 version. Please don't ask me what year it was!
quote:Originally posted by River Rat
11b6r, I have to try to think back 35 years but I seem to recall that "burst" was also an option in the military M-16s in the early 70s. I am not a AR crank, so have not kept up on later developments. Did the selector originally say "auto-burst-single-safe," or some similar arrangement? How's the memories of the various other old farts on this site?
The military versions of the M16 family of weapons have only been "safe-semi-auto" or "safe-semi-burst". They have never been a four position switch. Not in any fully fielded version anyway.
The "burst" option came out in the A2 version. Please don't ask me what year it was!
I turned in my A1 for an A2 in 1990. I suppose the full time frame is within a year or two of that as it probably took a couple years. The Army can't do anything in a hurry except form a line to wait.
quote:Originally posted by River Rat
11b6r, I have to try to think back 35 years but I seem to recall that "burst" was also an option in the military M-16s in the early 70s. I am not a AR crank, so have not kept up on later developments. Did the selector originally say "auto-burst-single-safe," or some similar arrangement? How's the memories of the various other old farts on this site?
The military versions of the M16 family of weapons have only been "safe-semi-auto" or "safe-semi-burst". They have never been a four position switch. Not in any fully fielded version anyway.
The "burst" option came out in the A2 version. Please don't ask me what year it was!
The 4 position switch is aftermarket, S-e-B-F, and has a little thin metal stick on plate you put over the current select levels. I recall Tapco selling them, and I think I've also seen them in some old bushmaster catalogs too.